(Land) Nordkorea: M-1978 Koksan (170 mm)

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According to one report, a South Korean security analyst suggested that DPRK artillery pieces of calibers 170mm and 240mm "could fire 10,000 rounds per minute to Seoul and its environs." The number of Koksan guns is not publicly reported, but it is reliably reported that North Korea has about 500 long-range artillery tubes within range of Seoul, double the levels of a the mid-1990s.
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South Can React to North’s Artillery in 6-7 Minutes: Defense Chief

Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung says the South Korea military is capable of engaging the North’s long-range artillery within six or seven minutes of hostile action being initiated.