The military, which failed to shoot down a small North Korean drone that penetrated into the skies over Seoul, announced that it would come up with countermeasures, such as conducting a joint air defense drill with the assumption of an unmanned aerial vehicle provocation.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff reported follow-up measures, such as strengthening training and training in response to unmanned aerial vehicles and early deployment of response forces, in an urgent inquiry by the National Assembly National Defense Committee.
The previous day, the military held an emergency operation commanders meeting in connection with the North Korean drone invasion under the supervision of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Kim Seung-gyeom to discuss countermeasures.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military has decided to strengthen integrated practical training at the Joint Chiefs of Staff level in consideration of North Korea's small unmanned aerial vehicle provocations.
Accordingly, tomorrow (29th), we plan to conduct a joint air defense drill in preparation for provocations by North Korean small drones.
In addition, it was decided to make the most appropriate use of current forces to establish an optimized operational system in preparation for North Korean small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
It was decided to expand the radius of surveillance assets of North Korean drones deep into the North Korean region, and to devise countermeasures for mutual target distribution between surveillance assets and strike assets.
This is based on the judgment that even though the local air defense radar detected some North Korean drones, no attempt was made to shoot them down because ground strike assets (interceptor weapon systems) did not detect them.
We are also seeking ways to integrate and operate the strike assets of the Army and Air Force by region.
In areas where the Air Force KA-1 light attack aircraft, Army Apache helicopters (AH-64), 500MD helicopters, and ground interceptor weapons systems are operated, they will be packaged and responded to.
In the mid- to long-term, the government plans to speed up the deployment of an unmanned aerial vehicle response system.
At the strategic and operational levels, it was decided to create a drone unit that reflects trends in science and technology development and aspects of warfare, and shorten the time to deploy essential assets, such as drone strike assets, as much as possible.
Meanwhile, the Joint Chiefs of Staff also reported on the 26th that five North Korean drones invaded the airspace and the military's actions.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one North Korean drone was first detected on the 1st Corps local air defense radar at 10:25 am, and the situation continued until 3:20 pm.
After going south to the northern part of Seoul, it went north, and then disappeared from the radar.
Then, at 12:57 p.m., the Air Force Operations Command identified four additional drones and tracked them until 3:20 p.m.
These four units went south to Ganghwa Island and the West Sea area, but disappeared from detection after that.
The military has upgraded the entire military alert posture to level 2, and the Air Force Operations Command has issued a 'crane', a readiness posture to respond to North Korean drones.
500MD, Surion, Apache, Cobra helicopters, F-15K, F-5, F-16 fighters, and KA-1 light attack aircraft sortied.
The Marine Corps conducted warning broadcasts and warning shots 6 times and 5 times, respectively, and the Cobra helicopter fired 100 self-destructive incendiary bombs at the target captured by TOD from Jumun Island to the southwest direction, but failed to shoot it down.
The military has launched drones north of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) and the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in proportion to North Korea's drone provocations.
In addition, manned and unmanned reconnaissance assets were operated close to the MDL direction.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff explained that this was an operating route prior to the 9/19 military agreement.
During this process, the Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that South Korea-US cooperation was achieved through a phone call between Chairman Kim and Combined Forces Commander Paul LaCamera.