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Wartime Operational Control. INDEX. INTRO: BACKGROUND INFORMATION VIEW 1: SHOULD NOT REGAIN - Inefficient control of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces - Insufficient information strength - Increase in defense costs VIEW 2: SHOULD REGAIN - Korea is an independent country
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INDEX INTRO: BACKGROUND INFORMATION VIEW 1: SHOULD NOT REGAIN - Inefficient control of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces - Insufficient information strength - Increase in defense costs VIEW 2: SHOULD REGAIN - Korea is an independent country - Facing North Korea Discussion Questions
What does it Mean? 2015
SHOULD NOT REGAIN Inefficient control of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces
SHOULD NOT REGAIN Insufficient information strength • Insufficient intelligence and surveillance assets, including AWACS, and airpower. • Depending on- strategic intelligence (100%), tactical intelligence (70)%, imagery intelligence (90%)
SHOULD NOT REGAIN Increase in defense costs Defense costfor US Armed Forces in Korea stationed 920billion won 2.5~3 trillion won
SHOULD REGAIN Korea is an independent country • Retrieving the control doesn’t break the truce between Korea and US • Korea should protect itself
SHOULD REGAIN Facing North Korea • Although North Korean officials say they have nuclear weapons, they spend much less money on defense • Korea shouldn’t just stand there waiting for US to let them battle.
Discussion Questions 1. Do you agree to the opinion that Korea should regain the wartime operational control? 2. What do you think about the relationship between Korea and the U.S. and how should we handle it in future?