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| BDA of SKor Return Fire |
| 2010-12-03 |
| Satellite images indicate North Korea might have suffered considerable casualties when South Korea returned fire after the North shelled its frontline island last week, a lawmaker said Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) presented to parliament an image taken by the South's own satellite and another one collected by an unidentified foreign commercial satellite. Kwon Yong-Se, a ruling party lawmaker who chairs the intelligence committee, told reporters after the presentation that about 10 shells landed near the North's military positions on Mudo island. The South's shells mostly landed between two clusters of barracks about 100 metres (330 feet) apart and some came close to one of the clusters. "One of the shells hit the rear of the barracks. It is possible to assume considerable casualties occurred," Kwon said. In light of the fact that the impact circle of the South's indigenous K-9 self-propelled guns is 50 metres, the impact is believed to have been considerable, Kwon said. K-9 is 155mm. |
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