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as the Military Counterterrorism Information Council and the Military Terrorism
Investigation Headquarters were designated, thereby supplementing the ROK
Armed Forces’ missions and roles. In addition, the "military working-level crisis
response manual for terrorism" and the "integrated operations manual" have been
refined to determine at an early stage suspicions or possibilities of terrorism, and a
system has been established that enables the military, police, and fire department to
jointly respond in an integrated manner when conducting initial on-site actions.

Reinforcement of Professional The ROK Armed Forces has reinforced the
Competencies in Military formation of military counterterrorism op-
Counterterrorism Operations erations units such as the 707th Special
Mission Group and established the "stan-
dards for deploying counterterrorism equipment and materials" which can be
commonly applied for each type of counterterrorism operation. Based on this, the
"comprehensive development plan for counterterrorism equipment and materials"
was devised and is being systematically implemented to provide the units with
professional competencies.
Considering the fact that most of the state-designated counterterrorism op-
erations units are concentrated in the capital area and the western region, more
"counterterrorism special mission units" and "anti-CBRN terrorism special
mission units" were additional designated by region thereby establishing a rapid
counterterrorism operations system that can carry out counterterrorism operations
within the golden hour.

Promoting Comprehensive As seen in the drone attacks on Saudi Arabian
Countermeasures Against oil facilities and unidentified drones flying
Drone Terrorism over Hanbit and Kori nuclear power plants,

drone terrorism on key national infrastructure
has become a realistic threat not only on foreign soil but also on the Korean
Peninsula. Accordingly, the ROK government is pursuing a government-wide
"comprehensive countermeasures plan against drone terrorism" led by the National
Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC). In preparation for the threat of drone terrorism,
the MND provided military aircraft radars to six nuclear power plants and oil
reserve bases, and is conducting R&D activities through the Agency for Defense
Development to secure anti-drone capabilities such as anti-aircraft laser weapons.
In addition, measures to counter drone attacks were improved by supplementing
the military working-level crisis response manual for terrorism and the integrated

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