South Korea's National Intelligence Service questions supply capacity regarding North Korea's expansion of missile launch pads

In response to North Korea's announcement that it would forward-deploy 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to the border, South Korea's intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, has questioned its supply capabilities.
On the 26th, the NIS pointed out at a general meeting of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee to review the budget, "Even if North Korea has a launch pad, it is questionable whether it can actually supply missiles."
This was revealed by Lee Seong-won of the ruling People Power Party, who serves as secretary of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee. The NIS also said, "North Korea recently signed a military agreement with Russia and is sending weapons to Russia.
"We have a missile production system in place to support the North's missile program. Therefore, I have doubts about whether it would be difficult to procure that many missiles," he said.
When asked about the area of damage that could occur if launched, he said, "It could fly about 610 kilometers and affect as far as Chungcheong Province (in South Korea)."
Meanwhile, North Korea's Korean Central News Agency announced on the 5th that 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to be deployed forward were being deployed at the border (
On the 4th, a ceremony was held in Pyongyang to hand over the equipment to the front-line troops of the Armistice Line. Park Seong-won, secretary of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea, said, "They will soon be deployed in all directions."
"It will be a great help to our military. What kind of defense posture do we really have in place?" he asked, expressing concern over the new burden that has been placed on us.
The NIS also released a statement regarding the recent flooding in the northern part of North Korea, saying,
Looking at the movements and actions of General Secretary Kim Jong Un, he visited North Pyongan Province himself, took his senior officials with him, and invited more than 10,000 residents to Pyongyang for comforting activities, so the damage was relatively small.
"They are carrying out regime-controlling actions against North Pyongan Province," he said. "There is no mention or publicity of Jagang Province, where the majority of the damage occurred. This is very interesting and unusual."
"The opposition party believes that the failure of its foreign policy toward Russia will soon come back to haunt it in the form of missiles," Park said.
"At present, there is a lack of security cooperation and economic and social cooperation between Russia and North Korea, or between Putin and Kim Jong Un, which should never exist between the two countries," he said.
"This should be cut off in whatever form," he said, adding, "A security policy in which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Intelligence Service simply acknowledge and nod at the danger without providing any explanation as to what they are doing is fundamentally flawed.
"Opposition lawmakers are of the opinion that the bill needs to be amended to include the following," he said.