Questions arise over possible communication gap between allies after US drone incident
A mix-up over a US spy drone flying near the inter-Korean border has raised questions about a potential communication gap between the allies after South Korean…
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A mix-up over a US spy drone flying near the inter-Korean border has raised questions about a potential communication gap between the allies after South Korean forces mistook the drone for an enemy threat and had almost prepared to shoot it down. The US Forces Korea said it was a drone operated by its Marines with the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment. The Army Ground Operations Command had reportedly mobilized its air defense assets, such as anti-aircraft artillery, to down the drone.
Furthermore, The JCS' readiness inspection office plans to visit the 1st Corps on Friday to investigate the overall situation regarding the drone incident, a JCS official told reporters. The Army's 1st Corps, responsible for front-line defense, activated Durumi, an anti-air defense alert system issued in the event of an enemy drone incursion, and used surveillance equipment, including thermal observation devices and radar, to identify the drone. The combined Marine exercise took place at Story Firing Range, a US live-fire training site in Paju near the Imjin River, just south of the MDL. (Yonhap).
In addition, "We are fully cooperating with the Republic of Korea military to establish the facts," it said, referring to South Korea by its official name. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff later said it was a US military drone belonging to its Marine Corps carrying out an operation during a combined exercise with the South Korean Marines near the border. But questions have arisen over why the South Korean military was not aware of the allies' drone operation in the first place.
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A mix-up over a US spy drone flying near the inter-Korean border has raised questions about a potential communication gap between the allies after South Korean forces mistook the drone for an enemy threat and had almost prepared to shoot it down.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe US Forces Korea said it was a drone operated by its Marines with the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe Army Ground Operations Command had reportedly mobilized its air defense assets, such as anti-aircraft artillery, to down the drone.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe JCS' readiness inspection office plans to visit the 1st Corps on Friday to investigate the overall situation regarding the drone incident, a JCS official told reporters.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe Army's 1st Corps, responsible for front-line defense, activated Durumi, an anti-air defense alert system issued in the event of an enemy drone incursion, and used surveillance equipment, including thermal observation devices and radar, to identify the drone.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe combined Marine exercise took place at Story Firing Range, a US live-fire training site in Paju near the Imjin River, just south of the MDL. (Yonhap)
reliability low1/2 sources"We are fully cooperating with the Republic of Korea military to establish the facts," it said, referring to South Korea by its official name.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe South's Joint Chiefs of Staff later said it was a US military drone belonging to its Marine Corps carrying out an operation during a combined exercise with the South Korean Marines near the border.
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But questions have arisen over why the South Korean military was not aware of the allies' drone operation in the first place.
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