ISLAMABAD

South Korea’s military said Tuesday that it deployed a new homegrown bunker buster missile capable of striking underground enemy targets amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

The military has deployed the Korean Tactical Surface to Surface Missile (KTSSM), capable of conducting simultaneous precision strikes in a short span of time against North Korea's long-range artillery firepower, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the latest deployment equips the military with the "overwhelming" capacity to destroy the enemy in the event of a contingency

Seoul developed the tactical ballistic missile, also named Ure, which means “thunder” in Korean, which has a range of 180 kilometers (111 miles).

"Our military will closely monitor North Korea's various military activities under the robust South Korea-US combined defense posture and maintain the overwhelming capacity and posture to counter any North Korean threat in an overwhelming manner," said the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

North Korea vowed Tuesday to bolster its nuclear force, criticizing a statement from the US, South Korea and Japan in which they reaffirmed their commitment to the “complete denuclearization” of the country as outlined by UN Security Council resolutions.