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SEOUL: South Korea announced on Wednesday a plan to spend 560 billion won ($441.26 million) in the next five years (2023-2027) to strengthen its defence against North Korean drones.
South Korea’s midterm defence blueprint for 2023–2027 comes after North Korean drones entered S Korean territory for the first time since 2017
South Korea funds
The S Korean defence ministry has designated the funds for four projects of counter-drone technologies including an airborne laser to destroy drones and a jammer to neutralize smaller weapon devices.
The blueprint of the project also includes a plan to establish another drone unit in the army.
According to the S Korean defence ministry: “The laser weapon programme is in a testing phase and expected to begin deployment in 2027.”
S Korea jamming tech
The S Korean defence ministry said that the jamming technology known as ‘soft-kill’ would improve our reaction capability against small attack drones.
