South Korean President Yoon Orders A Revamp Of The Military's Response To Violations Of It's Air Space

President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks at the Agency for Defense Development in Daejeon on Thursday morning. (Yonhap)  

Reuters: South Korea's Yoon orders revamp of response to violations of country's air space 

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered a revamp of the military's response to objects violating its airspace, his office said on Thursday, after an intrusion by North Korean drones exposed its difficulty in shooting down small aircraft. 

Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea on Monday, prompting South Korea's military to scramble fighter jets and attack helicopters, though it failed to bring down the drones, which flew over South Korea for hours. 

Amid criticism over South Korea's air defences at a time of North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, Yoon visited the state-run Agency for Defence Development to check the country's reconnaissance and interception capabilities and called for an overhaul of the response system against "all flying objects". 

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Update: Yoon orders military to secure peace with superior war preparation (The Korea Herald)  

WNU Editor: This revamping is justified. North Korea's drones should not be underestimated .... Don't underestimate North Korea's drones: US analyst (Korea Times).  

Update #2: This is embarrassing .... Flock of birds flying near South Korea mistaken for another North Korean drone (Washington Examiner).

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