The South Korean military has launched a new air force intelligence unit to monitor North Korean nuclear and military facilities, the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) announced on Friday.

The unit, named the Air Intelligence Wing (AIW), will engage in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) of North Korean nuclear and missile threats, the air force said.

It will operate using combined U.S.-South Korean reconnaissance assets.

“The main mission of the AIW is information production and surveillance reconnaissance for responding to threats of North Korean nuclear and missiles,” Kang Yoon-suk, commander of AIW, was quoted as having said in a