南韓国防白皮書: 北韓導彈有能力威脅美國本土...

 A few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

北のミサイル、米本土脅かす能力…韓国国防白書

2015年01月06日 22時57分

　【ソウル＝宮崎健雄】韓国国防省は６日、２０１４年版国防白書を発表した。

　北朝鮮の軍事力については「長距離ミサイルで米本土を脅かすことができる能力を保有していると推定する」と分析し、ミサイル搭載に必要な核兵器の小型化能力についても「かなりのレベルに達したとみられる」との評価を盛り込んだ。いずれも初めて記載した。ただ、国防省関係者は「弾道ミサイルに搭載できるほど小型化したとの情報はない」とも述べている。

　白書は、北朝鮮がサイバー部隊を集中的に増強し、規模は６０００人以上とも指摘。韓国を心理的・物理的にまひさせるため、軍事作戦を妨害したり、主要な国家基盤システムを攻撃したりしていると分析した。テポドン２の射程は１万キロに達するとした。

(試譯文)

   On the 6^th (January) the Korean Ministry of Defense announced the year 2014 edition of the National Defense White Paper.

   About the military power of North Korea, it analyzed that "North Korea is presumed to possess the ability to threaten the US proper by a long-distance missile". About the miniature ability of nuclear weapon needed for loading a missile, the evaluation mentioned that "it is also thought to have reached a considerable level". Both were put on record for the first time. The people connected to the Ministry of Defense also stated that "there is no intelligence on weapon miniaturization that enable the ballistic missile to load".

   In this white paper it was pointed out that North Korea had strengthened its cyber unit intensively, and the scale was more than 6,000 people. The paper analyzed that in order to paralyze Korea psychologically and physically, the unit interfered with military strategy and attacked key state infrastructure systems. The paper supposed that the range of Taepodong Type II could reach 10,000 kilometers.

It is interesting to note the suggestion that North Korea has a cyber unit with more than 6,000 people