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South Korea military whipped fighters and attack helicopters on On Monday, after five North Korean drones crossed its airspace, with one crashed plane, according to defense ministry.
The ministry stated that South Korea military shot at drones, but added it couldn’t confirm did the drones shoot down.
Lee Seung Oh, South Korean defense official said four of drones flew around Ganghwa Island and one flew over northern airspace of the capital Seoul.
“This clear provocation and invasion of our airspace by North Korea,” Lee said during the briefing.
One of South Korean KA-1 light attack plane crashed on takeoff as it was deployed to respond to drones, according to defense ministry. cause for in crash unknown, no casualties.
According to Lee, in response to the violation of airspace, the South Korean military sent their manned and unmanned reconnaissance assets to the inter-Korean border region, with some of their crossing into North Korean territory.
assets conducted a reconnaissance mission, including filming a North Korean military installations, Lee added.
South Korean military first drones detected in sky near the northwest city of Gimpo around 10:25 local time on Monday. defense ministry.
last the time the North Korean drone was discovered below inter-Korean border in 2017, according to the South Korean defense ministry. At the time, South Korea said it had found a crashed North Korean drone that was spying on on USA-built rocket system in a country.
North Korea stepped aggressively up his rocket is testing it year, often launching multiple weapons at the same time. These are rockets fired on 36 separate days – highest annual tally since Kim Jong-un took power in 2012.
Most recently, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, according to South Korean officials. The missiles were launched from Pyongyang’s Sunan Air Base. area in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
Hidden country usually test- launches its rockets in it way, firing them at an elevated angle so they land in water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
However, in October, he fired an in-between-range ballistic missile (BRSM) along a normal trajectory that went over Japan for in first time in five years.
In November, the company said it had launched “new type of” of An Hwasong-17 ICBM from Pyongyang International Airfield, a missile that could theoretically reach the United States mainland. And last week, Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister and top official in regime, claimed in state media that North Korea was ready test-fire intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a normal trajectory, a flight pattern that can prove weapons can threaten the continental United States.
US and South Korean experts warn Pyongyang may prepare for nuclear test is first in more than five years. North Korea is developing its nuclear missile forces in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, rising up its activities since last of three meetings in 2019 between Kim Jong-un and then US President Donald Trump failed give any agreement.
In October, Kim warned that his nuclear forces were fully prepared. for “real war”.
“Our nuclear combat strength…proven again them full readiness for real war to bring enemies under their control,” Kim said. in comments reported by the Northern State-run Korean Central News Agency.
