(LEAD) USFK brings new equipment to THAAD base to complete upgrade program

October 7, 2022

K Odyssey:

The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has brought in new pieces of equipment to its THAAD missile defense unit in a southern county in a move to complete an upgrade program to enhance the efficiency of its overall anti-missile capabilities, Seoul officials said Friday.

For years, the USFK has been working on a three-stage program, called the Joint Emergent Operational Need (JEON), aimed at integrating the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement system into a single defense structure.

With Thursday’s delivery of the equipment to the unit in Seongju, 296 kilometers south of Seoul, the program is expected to be complete by the end of this month, according to the officials.

The first stage of the program is to separate launchers from the battery to enable remote control of the launchers. The second is to allow the use of advanced THAAD radar information for the launch of Patriot missiles.

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