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and training, including the UFG exercise, were suspended following close consultations between

the ROK and U.S. defense authorities to create conditions for North Korea’s denuclearization.
The ROK Armed Forces is developing concepts of operation to achieve a complete victory
“within the shortest period with minimum damages.” The ROK Armed Forces will use combined

and joint forces to conduct simultaneous and integrated operations in all domains, including
ground, sea, airspace, and cyber, and thus seize the initiative at the earliest stages of war and
achieve a decisive victory in a short period.

| Strengthening the ROK–U.S. Combined Defense Posture | The ROK Armed Forces is
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maintaining and enhancing the combined defense posture based on a robust ROK–U.S. Alliance

capable of firmly responding to North Korea’s provocation of war. The Armed Forces of the
ROK and the United States are closely cooperating and striving to maintain an even stronger
combined defense posture after wartime OPCON transition. The two countries will continue to
strengthen their combined defense posture by stably managing alliance issues through various

defense consultative bodies.

| Reinforcing War Sustainment Capabilities | War sustainment capability means the ability
of a country to maintain f ighting capabilities such as troops, equipment, and supplies that are
necessary to conduct a war. To reinforce its war sustainment capabilities, the ROK Armed
Forces acquires and maintains forces, equipment, and supplies necessary to conduct a war in

accordance with wartime requirements and current capabilities while innovatively improving
the procurement, maintenance support, and logistics systems. Moreover, available domestic
and international resources of the civilian, government, and military sectors are utilized in an

integrated manner, and international logistics cooperation is being expanded.

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