South Korea deploying UAVs to patrol DMZ

South Korean Army and Marine Corps units will start to receive unmanned aerial vehicles from next year to help patrol the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

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“When the unmanned search vehicles are deployed, they will play a role of stably aiding highly dangerous search and reconnaissance operations by frontline military units,” said Kim Si-cheol, spokesman for Defense Acquisition Program Administration.

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