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As North Korean drones pierced our skies, the military authorities hurriedly came up with countermeasures yesterday (27th).

However, the cause investigation, which must be done prior to preparing countermeasures, is still in its early stages.



Whether the measures announced without knowing what the problem is will be effective, Kim Tae-hoon, a defense reporter, pointed out this part.



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The main content of our military countermeasures against North Korean drones is an active tactic of capturing them early with various radars and shooting them down without hesitation with ground anti-aircraft weapons and aircraft machine guns.



[Kang Shin-cheol/Chief of Operations Headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Yesterday): We will actively use detection assets to detect enemy UAVs from the beginning and aggressively deploy strike assets.]



However, this provocation uses South Korean military detection assets to infiltrate Seoul by UAVs in real time. This is practically the first case we have caught.



It was detected, but not shot down.



Our military is already armed with various anti-aircraft weapons such as Vulcan, Cheonma, Biho, and Biho complex.



However, in the case of small unmanned aerial vehicles, even the Biho complex, which is said to have excellent performance, can be intercepted only when it comes within 1-2 km.



If it is small like this drone and flies at an altitude of more than 2-3 km, it is impossible to hit it with anti-aircraft weapons.



The means of shooting down air power such as fighter jets and attack helicopters are mainly machine guns, but the bullets are large and can cause large-scale civilian damage.



It's not easy to shoot down with air power unless it's a wartime.



That's why many point out that the military countermeasures are ineffective, but that's also the reason why the cause investigation, which must be done before preparing countermeasures, began yesterday.



[Lee Seong-joon/Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs (Yesterday): The war readiness inspection will be implemented from today (27th), and in order to find the lack of operational measures of subordinate units, to find items to supplement...

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In the end, there is even criticism that the military's hasty announcement of countermeasures was a showpiece to mitigate the controversy over the flight of North Korean drones over Seoul.



(Video coverage: Han Il-sang, Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)



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