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S Korea to build missiles with bigger payload

Sunday, 03 September 2017 12:36 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 03 September 2017 9:03 AM ]

This handout photo taken on August 31, 2017 and provided by South Korean Defence Ministry in Seoul shows South Korean F-15K fighter jets dropping bombs at a shooting range in Gangwon Province, east of Seoul, during a joint military drill aimed to counter North Korea’s latest missile test. (Photo by AFP)

Frank Smith
Press TV, Seoul

US President Donald Trump has agreed in principle with his South Korean counterpart to expand the payload and the range of South Korean missiles. The US president also conceptually approved billions of dollars of weapon sales to South Korea in what he calls a response to North Korea’s threats. The approval has already raised concerns about a new arms race on the Korean peninsula. From the South Korean capital Seoul, Press TV’s Frank Smith reports.

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