DHAKA: South Korean defense minister has admitted that they have special troops ready if they feel threatened by North Korean boss Kim Jong Un.

Han Min-koo admitted to the question in the national assembly last week of whether S. Korea has team ready to take out their neighboring country head.

“Yes, we do have such a plan,” Koo adding "South Korea has a general idea and plan to use precision missile capabilities to target the enemy’s facilities in major areas as well as eliminating the enemy’s leadership.”

South Korea has intensified its rhetoric against the leadership of North Korea since Pyongyang claimed a successful test of a nuclear warhead on September 9.

This week it tested a new type of high powered rocket engine of the type that could be used for an intercontinental ballistic missile.

However, Koo did mention that the plan was to execute only should the worst ‘case scenario’ emerge.

Earlier this month, Leem Ho Young, Chief Director of Strategic Planning at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described a new system called the Korea Massive Punishment & Retaliation (KMPR) just hours after North Korea claimed it had tested a nuclear warhead.

It would involve surgical missile attacks, exclusive special warfare units and an ability to strike North Korea's leadership if South Korea feels threatened by nuclear attack.

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