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S. Korea used 100 times more firepower than N. Korea in skirmish: official
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Navy fired nearly 5,000 rounds during a two-minute skirmish with a North Korean patrol boat earlier this week off the west coast, a defense official said Thursday.
The North Korean boat fired about 50 rounds, 15 of which landed on one of the South Korean vessels, other officials had said.
About 4,700 rounds were fired from 20mm Vulcans on four South Korean patrol boats while about 250 came from their 40mm guns, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity citing policy.
The skirmish near the Northern Limit Line ended with no South Korean casualties, but officials here said the North Korean boat fled in flames and was tugged to port on its final stretch home.
North Korea reportedly suffered one death with three wounded in the skirmish in the area where clashes turned deadly in 1999 and 2002.
samkim@yna.co.kr
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