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Self-Defense/Defense of Others and the Bible
Self-defense is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and wealth-being of oneself from harm. Under what circumstances is personal self-defense appropriate? The proper use of self-defense has to do with wisdom, understanding, and tact. In Luke 22:36, Jesus tells His remaining disciples, “If you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.” Jesus knew that now was the time His followers would be threatened, and He upheld their rights to self-defense. Just a short time later, Jesus is arrested, and Peter takes a sword and cut off someone`s ear. Jesus rebukes Peter for that act (verses 49-51). Why? In his zeal to defend the Lord, Peter was standing in the way of God`s will. Jesus had told His disciples multiple times that He must be arrested, put on trial, and die. In other words, Peter acted unwisely in that situation, we must have wisdom regarding when to fight and when to do.
Frigate acquisition plans also are on track. Under the FFX batch I program, five 2,300-ton Incheon-class frigates have been commissioned, with one more hull planned to be set afloat this year. The warship will take charge of operations, such as coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare. The ship has a hull-mounted sonar and six torpedo tubes carrying indigenously developed “Blue Shar” 324mm torpedoes. Under the second batch program, up to 12 more frigates are projected to enter service by 2020. These ships are expected to be slightly larger and feature a vertical launch system for locally designed medium-range air defense missiles in place of the batch I’s short-range RAM.
Meanwhile, South Korea has also agreed to allow the United States Army to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile unit to the Korean peninsula. While the deployment would definitely counter any North Korean missile attack, the placement of such weapons on the Korean peninsula has raised concerns in Beijing and Moscow —both of which oppose such a deployment.
US Navy is pitching its Arleigh Burke class USS Spruance along with ROKN AEGIS destroyers, Submarines, and AS helicopters as well as US and ROKN MPAs in a joint Anti Submarine warfare exercise to demonstrate the unified defensive naval force capabilities of the ROKN and its allies from surface, sub surface and ballistic missile threat.
Post 2010 attacks South Korean redressed its naval short comings and signed a joint counter provocation contingency plan with US to enhance allied defences and deterrence capabilities. South Korea assumed greater responsibility after transfer of its wartime operational command(OPCON) in 2015. However, South Korea Navy finds itself being pulled outwards for (greater regional and global responsibility) and inward (defending the country). For this South Korea has to have a comprehensive naval strategy and force structuring.
Since inception the south Korean Naval forces have been under emphasised in comparison to its land /ground forces relying more on US naval forces. As a result, the ROKN fleet remained smaller than required for fully addressing the North Korean threat. In addition, greater global responsibilities without commensurate increase in platforms and personnel will eventually lead to exhaustion of operational tempo straining the service. There are perceptions that US ROK intel, tracking, command and control issues are insufficient to provide for a bilateral integrated naval operation to counter
