A small motor boat recently smuggled into Taean, South Chungcheong Province, was confirmed by military authorities to have been caught 10 times by various surveillance equipment in operation for coastal demarcation, but it was confirmed that they had not taken any action due to misidentification by fishing boats.

In June of last year, a military that failed to be vigilant at the time of the incident of the'Samcheok Port' incident on the North Korean small-sized boat again revealed a loophole in the maritime boundary. Decided to supplement.

According to the findings from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a 1.5t-class leisure boat with eight Chinese immigrants departed Weihai, Shandong Province, China on the 20th of last month and arrived at Uihangri Breakwater on the 21st of the next day, at 11:23 am.

From the boat to Taean, it was confirmed that it was captured 13 times, including 6 times on the coastal radar, 4 times on the coastal surveillance camera, and 3 times on the thermal monitoring equipment (TOD).

"As a result of re-checking the recorded coastal radar image, a joint official captured an identifiable status image that can be estimated by the boat, but the radar operator did not recognize it."

Cameras and TOD operators were also mistaken for conventional fishing boats and general leisure boats at the time and were not tracked or monitored.

Even if it was identified through various surveillance equipments, no action was taken to create a hole in the border.

In addition, during the investigation of the incident, the military and Haekyung confirmed lately that the rubber boats found on the beach of Taean Uihang Beach on April 20 were also for smuggling.

However, as the investigation took place a long time after the incident, some videos were automatically deleted after the storage period, and TOD was not recorded at all due to the failure of recording related parts for about 5 hours from 5:30 am on the 19th, when the boat was supposed to have been taken. Did not.

The joint venture was caught three times by the maritime radar at the time, but the radar crew also said they missed it.

Military officials who neglected the surveillance boundary at the time, such as the division commander, will be disciplined as soon as the investigation is completed.

A joint official said, "We plan to analyze the entire coastal area and operate additional coastal monitoring equipment in vulnerable areas." We will strengthen activities to search and reconnaissance or actively check unidentified vessels using existing battalion UAVs or drones. "I said.