The North Korean drone entered the direction of Aegi Peak in Gimpo on the 26th and invaded the sky over Seoul, and the military was again cornered.

It succeeded in capturing the airspace invasion of North Korean drones, but it was a defeat that they did not shoot them down.

Not only the people but also the commander-in-chief criticized the military, leaving the military in a lonely situation with no place to rely on.



In fact, our military light attack aircraft had a chance to shoot down a North Korean drone.

The North Korean drone approached to the extent that it could be seen with the naked eye.

The pilot reportedly struggled with whether or not to fire a gun shot.

The commander-in-chief was determined to escalate the battle, but the officer holding the steering wheel could not bear to shoot.

He was resentful of the potential harm to innocent civilians, but opted for a failure to shoot it down.



The North Korean army will be delighted.

It has broken the morale of our military, our nemesis, and that alone is a great achievement.

It may also be North Korea's goal that our military is focusing on unmanned aerial vehicle countermeasures.

It is highly likely that the provocation was planned, knowing full well that shooting down a small drone is not an ordinary event.

We must be wary of the North Korean military's cunning tactics.


KA-1 pilot's agony

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A high-ranking military official met with reporters the day before yesterday (27th) and explained the situation in which the KA-1 light attack aircraft of the South Korean Air Force was pursuing a North Korean drone.

The KA-1 rear-seat agent got close enough to the North Korean drone to film it.

The KA-1's speed and machine guns were enough to knock down small drones.



A senior military official said, “The KA-1 pilots struggled and struggled.”

It is said that unmanned aerial view was rare between Aegibong Peak in Gimpo and Seoul, where drones flew.

The desire to hold it was like a chimney, but once pressed, hundreds of machine gun bullets fell to the ground, and the pilot gave up his resolve.



The military admits that shooting down a small drone like this is a very difficult mission.

If new weapons such as lasers, high-powered microwave weapons, and jamming equipment come out, they can be shot down without civilian casualties, but it will take several more years to deploy new weapons.

The situation in other countries is not much different.

The military will have to seek understanding by explaining this situation to the people as well as to the president's office.


Discovery of drones, establishment of countermeasures, vicious circle of discovery

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Countermeasures against drones are pouring in like a flood.

Just yesterday, the Ministry of National Defense announced a mid-term plan, and it put forward additional deployment of local air defense radar, deployment of laser anti-aircraft weapons in 2027, and overseas direct purchase of jamming equipment as countermeasures.

Since the commander-in-chief emphasized the drone unit, we decided to advance the unit's establishment time.

Right now, there is also an unmanned aerial vehicle defense training supervised by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.



The same thing has been happening since 2014.

When a North Korean drone was discovered, urgent measures were prepared, and after a while, another North Korean drone was discovered.

Countermeasures were taken again, such as the development or introduction of new equipment and the creation of a dedicated unit, but the North Korean drones came down regardless.

And it is a vicious cycle of establishing countermeasures, discovering unmanned aerial vehicles, and establishing countermeasures.



The military needs to reflect on whether it is not trying to find a realistic countermeasure by itself, but whether it is avoiding with countermeasures that are blown away by the sharp torch.

The President's office and the National Assembly need to look back to see if the military is making the military spend more effort than necessary on drones.

We all need to consider whether we are getting involved in North Korean tactics and benefitting the enemy.