Crashed UAV Was Spying On THAAD Site, Says Defense Official
June 13 2017
The South Korean military has now determined that a suspected North Korean drone found last week was surveilling the site of a recently deployed advanced U.S. missile defense system, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).
The unmanned aerial vehicle was discovered on a mountain in Inje, Gangwon province, near the border with the North.
An examination of the drone's 64-GB memory card confirmed that it was taking photographs of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)...
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