South Korean View of P-1 Fire Control Radar Incident

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2. This was a contention in Shin's presentation

I can't find any specific support for it in the CUES document. Shin had an independent presentation he put together himself on the incident. He did use the word "prohibit" specifically when discussing the "dilemna" presented by the two reference documents. However, he is not always an authoritative source, as evidenced by his departure from Channel A News as a guest, and then his recent return in this Channel A News Top Ten program. He contributed both the Channel A News Top Ten presentation from which the graphics are taken, and also did his own relatively contemporaneous presentation on the subject where he contended that fire control lock ups are "prohibited." That doesn't make it true, obviously.

This would essentially be him taking a view favorable to Japan on the issue. I have no idea what his authority is for making that contention. Earlier Shin had claimed that he was being ostracized or censored by the South Korean press for taking a "pro-Japanese" view. But he's back on the program. I found he made other contentions about the characterizations of the electronic equipment and its use that I could not verify.

My purpose is simply to get the dispute out in the open. I have no idea what actually transpired. Everything is hearsay from media sources. Judging the pros and cons of the contended issues and how the events may have transpired also involves consideration of capabilities of the equipment in both the ship and the aircraft, which is most likely classified and unavailable to the public.

I appreciate the comments from anyone such as yourself, who can shed light on a subject like this. I wonder what restrictions there are if any on the use of fire control systems on military aircraft or ships.