'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Text Fwd: 3-Way Race for Ballistic Missile Warning Radars



* Text informed by Lindis Percy

* Image source/ description
1. Israel's Green Pine radar system
2. EL/M-2080 “Green Pine”

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/113_45215.html
05-19-2009 21:20
3-Way Race for Ballistic Missile Warning Radars
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter

Three foreign bidders have submitted contract proposals for South Korea's program to acquire ballistic missile early warning radar systems, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Tuesday.

The bidders are Israel's Elta, Raytheon of the United States and Thales Netherlands, the agency said in a news release.

The agency plans to select the finalist by the end of the year after reviewing each firm's contract proposal and finishing price negotiations, it said.

The agency plans to buy two sets of the radar systems by 2010, as part of efforts to establish an indigenous Air and Missile Defense-Cell (AMD-Cell), a missile defense command-and-control center used in monitoring, tracking and intercepting incoming cruise and ballistic missiles from North Korea, according to sources.

About 300 billion won will be spent to establish the AMD-Cell, which will be inter-operable with the U.S. Forces Korea's theater missile defense system.

Based on the command-control center, Aegis-based ship-to-air missiles and ground-based PAC-2 missile interceptors are to engage North Korean missiles under the so-called Korean air- and missile defense (KAMD) network system aimed at engaging the North's low-flying, short-and medium-range missiles.

North Korea is believed to have deployed more than 600 short-range Scud missiles with a range of 320 to 500 kilometers and 200 Rodong missiles with a range of 1,300 kilometers near the inter-Korean border. The communist state is believed to have developed a 6,700-kilomter-range Taepodong-2 missile that can hit Alaska.

gallantjung@koreatimes.co.kr

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