— News reports say South Korea has redeployed some of its U.S.-made missiles capable of striking Pyongyang to sites near the tense border with North Korea.
Yonhap news agency reported Friday that the redeployment of Army Tactical Missile System rockets was made in response to North Korea’s shelling of a border island in November, which killed four South Koreans.
Yonhap cited unidentified military sources as saying the surface-to-suface missile has a range of about 100 miles .
The mass-circulation Dong-a Ilbo newspaper carried a similar report, saying South Korea has a total of 220 such missiles.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff declined to confirm the reports but did say that weapons and troops are redeployed in line with changes in the security environment.
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