Will N. Korea eye new Chinese UAV?

Recently debuted cheap aircraft could be ideal for Pyongyang's recon at border
September 18th, 2014
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A simple, inflatable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) recently made its debut at the 2014 Tianjin International UAV and Model Exposition August 29-31 in Tianjin, China. Called the SF-1 by its creator, Chinese engineer Zhang Bingyan, it shows serious potential as a system which could be of interest to North Korea.

The SF-1 UAV has a

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Kyle Johnson

Kyle L. Johnson is an analyst and Korean linguist currently residing in Seoul, South Korea.  He has previously worked for several years as an analyst for the United States Army in South Korea.  He has studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute and Yonsei University's Korean Language Institute, and holds a BA in Korean Language and Literature from the University of Washington.

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