Appearing President Choi Sang-mok, middle, flies paper airplanes with graduates of the Korea Air Drive Academy throughout a commencement ceremony on the academy’s campus in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, March 12. Yonhap
Appearing President Choi Sang-mok referred to as on the navy Wednesday to take care of a staunch readiness posture in opposition to North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile capabilities, his workplace mentioned.
Choi made the decision throughout a commencement ceremony of the Korea Air Drive Academy held on its campus within the central metropolis of Cheongju, based on the Ministry of Financial system and Finance.
„North Korea continues to advance its nuclear and missile capabilities whereas persisting in provocations and threats. It additionally poses a risk to peace on the Korean Peninsula and on this planet by means of unlawful weapons transactions with Russia,“ Choi mentioned in his congratulatory speech.
„Now could be the time for the navy to take care of a robust readiness posture by faithfully fulfilling its function and missions,“ he added.
Choi additionally highlighted the current shift within the paradigm of warfare pushed by superior science and applied sciences, reminiscent of synthetic intelligence, and referred to as for the necessity to apply them to the navy in order to „proactively reply to fast-changing battlefield circumstances.“
In a separate assembly with commanders following the occasion, Choi burdened the necessity to guarantee security of the folks over the course of conducting navy drills and different actions.
The remark got here as two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight 500-pound MK-82 bombs outdoors a coaching vary in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, throughout live-fire drills final week, injuring 31 folks, together with 19 civilians. (Yonhap)
