For the past 70 years, an intense rivalry has persisted on the Korean Peninsula, and North Korea's nuclear and missile threats are becoming increasingly imminent. Facing a shortage of military resources, South Korea has pursued a national defense reform, significantly reducing the number of units and troops while focusing on ground forces. However, North Korea's strategic objective of unifying South Korea through surprise attacks, prompt responses, and combined nuclear and missile assaults remains unchanged. The central issue in this context revolves around determining the appropriate size of the Korean military's standing forces. This study employs the concept of net assessment as a novel method to ascertain the optimal size of the Korean military. Threats, strategic objectives, doctrine, and unit rotations are simultaneously considered from the enemy's perspective. In anticipation of security risks on the Korean Peninsula, an acceptable troop size will be proposed using the net assessment approach to calculate the appropriate standing force size.

1. 서 론
2. 적정 병력규모에 대한 선행연구 검토
    2.1 병력규모 결정의 이론적 선행연구
    2.2 다중 회귀분석 기반의 실증적 선행연구
    2.3 병력규모 결정을 위한 합리적 대안 모색
3. 총괄평가 개념 기반의 접근
    3.1 총괄평가의 개념
    3.2 적정 상비병력 판단시 총괄평가의 필요성
    3.3 총괄평가의 절차
    3.4 총괄평가 개념 적용 방법
4. 적정 상비병력 규모 산출
    4.1 남북한의 군사전략 측면
    4.2 남북한 상비병력 규모의 변화 측면
    4.3 교리적 측면
    4.4 소결론
5. 결 론
References

• 김정혁(건양대학교 군사학과) | Jeong-Hyuck Kim (Department of Military Science Konyang University)
• 최명진(건양대학교 군사학과) | Myoungjin Choi (Department of Military Science Konyang University) Corresponding author