South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises this week to hone their ability to respond to potential “Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks” by North Korea, South Korea’s military said Friday.

The two forces regularly conduct live-fire and other training, but this week’s drills come after Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel raised security jitters in South Korea, which shares the world’s most heavily fortified border with rival North Korea.

Experts say the North’s forward-deployed long-range artillery guns can fire about 16,000 rounds per hour in the event of a conflict, posing a serious threat to Seoul, which is about 40-50 kilometers (25-30 miles) from the border.

  • rafa@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I work 35h weekly, it’s not legal to work more in my country.

    Enjoy your freedom and democracy bro

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      1 year ago

      For real, “its just 10 of your 16 waking hours”, fuck off with normalizing that shit.