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🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 What do we know so far about the recent drone intrusion?

Five drones intruded the air space of South Korea. The UAVs flew over the Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas and were spotted in the areas of Gimpo, Ganghwa Island and Paju. 1/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵At least one flew over the airspace of Seoul. Then one UAV proceeded back to the North, while another four disappeared from radars. 2/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 The ROK responded with fighter jets and attack helicopters. The video above shows North Korean UAV being pursued by such air assets. The South Korean military also fired several warning shots. 3/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 South Korea deployed a KA-1 fighter jet, but for unknown reasons, it crashed. According to Yonhap sources, the South Korean military speculates that DPRK drones were to blame for the crash of the aircraft. 4/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 ROK military fired around 100 shots to shoot down North Korean drones but failed to do so, according to Korean media.

South Korea sent its own unmanned vehicles into the North in a “corresponding” step. 5/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 Flights from Incheon and Gimpo airports were temporarily suspended, as it was requested by the military officials. 6/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 The last time a North Korean drone intruded South Korean airspace was in June 2017. Locals reported the sighting of a small aircraft in Inje, Gangwon Province. 7/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 At that time, the drone took pictures of Seongju County in North Gyeongsang Province, where the U.S.-made THAAD missile defense system is deployed. 8/9.

🇰🇷❌🇰🇵 There wasn’t any precise information whether the drones were armed or not. In my opinion, the UAVs were of reconnaissance and surveillance type. 9/9.

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