Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I'm captain Murzban Morris and I'm
currently serving on the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Strategy
and Policy Directorate. I'm here today to discuss the U.S. perspective on several
military efforts designed to counter the growing threat presented by North Korea.
U.S. military activities on the Korean Peninsula are generally
twofold in design: First as a standing posture to ensure the defense of and
solidarity with our treaty allies and second as a commensurate response to the
provocative acts of North Korea. In either vein, the nature of the actions
activities or exercises are defensive, and not designed to be provocative or
escalatory. Additionally they are not unilateral in nature. Bilateral
trilateral and multilateral efforts activities and exercises demonstrate the
international concern with the threat from North Korea. And this threat is
growing and intensifying in nature. Not responding to North Korea's provocative
actions implies that we have accepted and are resigned to a nuclear and
ballistic missile program that threatens peace and security worldwide. U.S. policy
is clear. The US has no interest in regime change or accelerated
reunification of Korea. We do not seek an excuse to garrison US troops north of
the Demilitarized Zone. We have no desire to inflict harm on the long-suffering
North Korean people who are distinct from the hostile regime in Pyongyang.
Our long-standing series of exercises as well as responsive actions to North
Korean provocations are in line with this mindset. Likewise the
intensification of North Korean nuclear and missile tests including recent ICBM
launches, demonstrates the need for us to continue
offensive military activities in the region. Our posture and activities in the
region and worldwide is guided by our national security strategies and
directives of which the third offset strategy is a part. An offset strategy is
part of a long-term competitive strategy of peacetime competition between rival
defense establishments that aims to generate and sustain strategic advantage.
The third offset aims to develop technologies that can address multiple
threats in order to preserve peace and security around the globe. It includes
operational and organizational efforts based on policy training and exercises
that allow U.S. and Allied forces to achieve an advantage and thus bolster
conventional deterrence. Our efforts in response to the growing North Korean
threat are associated with this strategy. Military exercises with our allies and
partners play an essential part in our efforts to display a defensive
capability ready to respond to North Korean aggression. These exercises are
transparent and fundamentally defensive in nature.
The primary aims of these exercises are at maintaining operational readiness,
defending our allies, enhancing deterrence, strengthening our regional
security cooperation, and maintaining peace and stability in Northeast Asia.
For over four decades we have conducted bilateral military defense exercises
with the Republic of Korea under this mindset. North Korea's introduction of
nuclear weapons to the peninsula as a tool of coercion, or for use in the event
of a conflict, has raised the possibility of rapid escalation and made the need to
conduct and enhance these long-standing exercises that much more urgent.
Excersize efforts expand beyond the U.S. - ROK Alliance and our multinational in nature.
A strong defense relationship amongst the United States and the Republic of
Korea, the United Nations command, combined forces command and other
regional security cooperation efforts such as our trilateral defense
initiatives with Japan, serve as the anchor of stability in the region.
In accordance with long-standing procedures and practice the United Nations command
regularly informs the Korean People's Army in North Korea through their
Panmunjom mission, of the occurrence purpose and focus of major exercises.
North Korea, however, rejects the practice of notification to include notifying the
Neutral Nations supervisory commission.
Such rejection prevents the capability to provide transparency and
predictability in turn aiding in the management of crises that arise from
miscalculation or miscommunication on the peninsula. A prime example of how
exercises are approached by the United Nations command can be seen in the
recent Key Resolve Foal Eagle 2017 exercises, and the ongoing okie freedom
Guardian exercise Key Resolve and Foal Eagle are two examples of long-standing
military exercises in the region that have been and continue to be overseen by
the Neutral Nations supervisory commission. This Commission has been
overseeing exercises since the 1953 armistice agreement. These exercises are
based on realistic scenarios with distinctions between each scenario that
assume various threats. These exercises occur annually and each is the
culmination of many months of planning. While not directly connected combined
forces command executes them at the same time each year for various reasons.
Exercises such as these are aligned with US policy and not designed to be a
precursor to offensive action. They are defensive in nature and part of
the overall strategy to present an internationally unified capability to
respond to North Korean aggression. In addition to exercising and developing
multilateral capabilities it is imperative to maintain an effective
defensive posture that is ready to respond against threats in the region.
the recent deployment of the THAAD or terminal high-altitude area defense
system to South Korea is an example of that enhancement to the capability to
defend against North Korean aggression.
Purely defensive in nature THAAD provides the US-ROK Alliance a layer of upper
tier missile defense capabilities to address a threat from North Korea's
extended range scuds and Nodong medium-range ballistic missiles. Given
the growing threat from North Korea THAAD is an essential piece to the defense of
the Republic of Korea. The THAAD system is designed to be globally transportable
and provides a capability to intercept ballistic missiles during their final or
terminal phase of flight. The system utilizes hit-to-kill technology where
kinetic energy destroys the incoming target. The video here demonstrates the
THAAD system in operation during a recent test. Released by the US missile
defense agency this video demonstrates how a drone target simulated a
medium-range ballistic missile that was on a trajectory to threaten a
pre-designated area the THAAD system was defending. As a test drone is deployed
and begins to descend towards the defended area, the THAAD radar system
detects the target and computes an impact point based on that trajectory.
Following a series of protocols the system determines the target to be a
threat and with appropriate authorization, the necessary number of
interceptors are launched. The number of interceptors will depend on several
factors including the type of threat expansive defended area, and firing
protocols. In this particular test one interceptor was launched. After launch
the interceptor is guided to impact and neutralizes the target. Based on system
capabilities and the extent of coverage neither the THAAD interceptor nor the
associated radar has a capability to negate the strategic nuclear forces of
other nations. The systems are purposely focused on regional defense against high
altitude threats. Likewise missile defense does not lower
the nuclear threshold as it is a purely defensive capability that raises the bar
required for a political will to launch a salvo of missiles that is designed and
aimed at defending against the real threat to the Republic of Korea the
North's WMD programs and means of delivery. The threatening nature of North
Korea's nuclear and missile program is not limited to the Korean Peninsula.
Tokyo, Sydney, Moscow, Addis Ababa, Shanghai, San Francisco, Paris, even here in Geneva
were all in range. North Korea's new intercontinental
ballistic missiles might reach them all. The North's missiles can point in any
direction. The most recent launches from this week
highlight the extent of the threat. The international community has come
together to condemn and pressure North Korea to abandon its unlawful weapons
programs. We stand together with regional and international
organizations, allies, and like-minded partners to include the European Union,
NATO, ASEAN, and the United Nations. Numerous United Nations Security Council
resolutions including the most recently passed UNSCR 2371
demonstrate the overwhelming international stance toward North
Korea's continued provocative nature.
North Korea's refusal to abide by its international obligations and its own
commitments demonstrate the necessity of coordinated regional and international
diplomatic, economic and defensive military responses. An integral aspect of
the international response is the trilateral efforts between the US-ROK and
Japan to be able to despond to North Korean aggression. Cooperation among our
three nations on the nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea is crucial
to deterring North Korea and to maintaining peace and stability in
Northeast Asia. Examples of our trilateral efforts include: sequence U.S.
bomber flights, trilateral missile defense informational link exercises, or
link X's, anti-submarine warfare tracking exercises, observations of major
bilateral exercises and policy discussions to address the North Korean
threat. These efforts are designed to demonstrate the solidarity and resolve
we share with our allies to preserve peace and security in the Asia-Pacific
region. But the effort cannot stop at the regional level the international threat
calls for a multinational response. A key part of that international response is a
continuation of discussions such as these to address concerns associated
with efforts designed to defend against, and if necessary, respond to the growing
threat from North Korea. It is that threat, the nuclear and missile programs
that North Korea continues to enhance, regardless of international
efforts to the counter, that serves as the primary driver for military
activities on the Korean Peninsula. But as previously noted the threat is not
limited to the peninsula or even to the region. It is a worldwide threat and
requires an appropriate stance from all. Thank you for your time and the opportunity
to speak today.
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