'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, June 4, 2009

Text Fwd: Korea to buy 84 missile interceptors

* Text informed by StopNATO on June 4, 2009

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2905685
Yonhap News Agency, June 4, 2009
Korea to buy 84 missile interceptors

South Korea is moving to acquire additional advanced ship-to-air missile interceptors from the United States by the end of this year to boost the firepower of its destroyers guarding against potential North Korean hostilities, an official said Wednesday.

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement that the sale of 84 SM-2 missiles has yet to be approved, but would enhance South Korea’s “defensive capabilities and increase interoperability with U.S. and multinational forces.”

The missiles can be used to intercept rockets that threaten its warships as well as to attack high-speed enemy aircraft. They can also be fired at small naval targets.

South Korea is one of the top buyers of U.S. arms. About 28,500 U.S. troops are also stationed in South Korea as a deterrent against the North.

“We made the request late last year,” an official at the Seoul-based Defense Acquisition Program Administration said. “The missiles could be used to reinforce our destroyers, mainly Sejong the Great.”

The ship is South Korea’s only Aegis combat destroyer and led the country’s surveillance efforts in the East Sea when North Korea launched its long-range rocket on April 5. Its radars can detect objects about 1,000 km (621 miles) away, and the destroyer can shoot down targets within a radius of 150 km.

“We hope the deal will be completed by the end of this year,” the South Korean official said, declining to be identified, citing government policy.
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