Seoul described the military preparations by North Korea.

KommentariiIgra to obostrenie31.01.2009Kim Jong Il has put relations between the two Koreas to the brink of a new voynySevernaya Korea completed the deployment of intermediate-range missile systems, and increased the size of its army up to 1,2 million. The statement was made by the Ministry of Defense of South Korea, reported AFP.
According to the military, missiles, the DPRK them armed, carrying warheads weighing up to 650 kilograms and can attack the target at a distance of up to three thousand kilometers. It is enough that they could reach the north of Australia.
Also, according to Seoul, North Korea possesses 40 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium. Nevertheless, the South Korean authorities have not confirmed the previously suggested that North Korea poses one or two nuclear bombs.
The paper named North Korea a "direct and serious threat to" security of South Korea. The previous official records used less "strong" term - a "serious threat". Thus, according to the report, the number of spetsotryadov, trained for rapid penetration into the territory of South Korea has risen one and a half times and reached 180 thousand people.
19 February, Pyongyang declared its readiness to launch a new war with South Korea. In turn, South Korea's defense minister said that the army would strike on the missile launchers in North Korea, if South Korean ships will be subjected to missile attack in the Yellow Sea.
Formally, in a state of war are the two Koreas since 1953. January 30, 2009 Pyongyang unilaterally annulled all previously signed peace agreements with South Korea. In early February, there were reports that North Korea prepare to test a new intercontinental ballistic missile. Since then, Seoul has been taking steps to strengthen security.