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As I said, the military confidently said that until a few days ago, North Korean drones did not cross our no-fly zone.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff shouted out loud based on the interim report of subordinate units and brought shame on themselves.

It is pointed out that total incompetence was revealed from the initial response to analysis.



This news will be delivered by Kim Tae-hoon, a defense reporter.



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On the 29th of last month, when Rep. Kim Byung-ju of the Democratic Party raised the possibility of North Korean drones invading the no-fly zone, the Joint Chiefs of Staff strongly denied it.



[Lee Seong-joon / Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs Director (29th of last month): Enemy drones did not invade the no-fly zone P-73.

We express strong regret for the baseless story that is not true.]



At the time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff was investigating the incident for the third day.



I was in the middle of analyzing the records of detection equipment such as radar of subordinate units from Gimpo to downtown Seoul.



A military official told SBS, "Up to this point, there was no possibility of P-73 invasion from reports received by the Joint Chiefs of Staff from subordinate units."



“I understand that he even expressed regret because there was a consensus that we should firmly respond to the opposition party’s attack on the security vacuum,” he added.



At the time, some tracks were caught on the radar, but the staff responded hastily, believing that they did not see it as a drone.



After that, it took another week to recheck the data, outline the drone's flight path, and eventually conclude that it was an invasion of the P-73.



Today (5th), the military who bowed his head again expressed his regret for causing confusion in the report.



[Lee Seong-joon/Chief of the Public Affairs Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: I'm sorry for causing confusion in media reports.] The



failure to even try to shoot down a North Korean drone over Seoul gave it a hole in the military's information analysis, interpretation, and comprehensive judgment. This is an evaluation that has been pierced.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)



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