SEOUL: South Korea’s army apologised on Tuesday for failing to shoot down 5 North Korean drones that crossed their shared border after dealing with vast criticism over its lack of readiness.
Monday’s incursion prompted Seoul to fireplace warning pictures and deploy fighter jets and assault helicopters to shoot down the drones, one in every of which flew near the capital.
“Yesterday, 5 enemy drones invaded South Korean airspace, and our army detected and tracked them, however we apologise for not with the ability to shoot them down,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated in a press release.
The entire drones appeared to have returned to the North regardless of an operation to hunt them down that lasted 5 hours.
The JCS acknowledged that, whereas the army can counter “assault drones that pose an actual risk”, there’s a restrict to their capability to detect and strike smaller spy drones.
“Consequently, the army’s lack of readiness has precipitated a number of concern to the general public,” it stated.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol stated at a Cupboard assembly on Tuesday the incident confirmed that the army’s readiness was “drastically missing”.
Yoon ordered an acceleration of a plan to launch a drone unit to hold out surveillance and reconnaissance operations on North Korea‘s key army amenities. The plan contains introducing superior stealth drones.
The incursion was the primary time in years that North Korean drones had entered the South’s airspace and intently adopted a latest flurry of sanctions-busting weapons checks by Pyongyang.
Monday’s incursion prompted Seoul to fireplace warning pictures and deploy fighter jets and assault helicopters to shoot down the drones, one in every of which flew near the capital.
“Yesterday, 5 enemy drones invaded South Korean airspace, and our army detected and tracked them, however we apologise for not with the ability to shoot them down,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated in a press release.
The entire drones appeared to have returned to the North regardless of an operation to hunt them down that lasted 5 hours.
The JCS acknowledged that, whereas the army can counter “assault drones that pose an actual risk”, there’s a restrict to their capability to detect and strike smaller spy drones.
“Consequently, the army’s lack of readiness has precipitated a number of concern to the general public,” it stated.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol stated at a Cupboard assembly on Tuesday the incident confirmed that the army’s readiness was “drastically missing”.
Yoon ordered an acceleration of a plan to launch a drone unit to hold out surveillance and reconnaissance operations on North Korea‘s key army amenities. The plan contains introducing superior stealth drones.
The incursion was the primary time in years that North Korean drones had entered the South’s airspace and intently adopted a latest flurry of sanctions-busting weapons checks by Pyongyang.
