TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- South Korea is buying Spike NLOS rockets from Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to defend areas attacked by North Korea last year.
The newspaper Haaretz, quoting an unidentified official, said the deal is worth $43 million.
The 67 rockets will be deployed on the islands of Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong in the Yellow Sea, perhaps by the end of the year.
Four South Koreans were killed on Yeonpyeong when the North shelled it last November.
South Korea's efforts to boost weapons systems on the front-line islands follow intense criticism that defense officials failed to respond strongly and quickly enough after the North's attack last year.
South Korea currently has self-propelled guns, Vulcan cannons, multi-rocket launchers, radars and other advanced weapons deployed on the islands, as well as thousands of marines.
The Spike NLOS rockets have a range of 15 miles, the report said.
