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December 09, 2024
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ROK, US hold first-ever live-fire drone drill after North Korea’s ICBM test

Joint exercise aimed at enhancing reconnaissance and strike capabilities and may spark concern for DPRK, expert says

South Korea and the U.S. carried out a joint live-fire drone exercise for the first time ever as part of efforts to enhance aerial deterrence with new capabilities, just a day after North Korea tested its largest-ever solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). 

The drill, featuring a South Korean RQ-4B Global Hawk high-altitude reconnaissance drone and a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper combat drone, was aimed at simulating a strike on a “virtual provocation point,” the ROK air force announced in a press release on Friday.

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