North Korea Takes Peek At Thaad With Tiny Drone

Kim Minseok Bradley Perrett June 15, 2017
Credit: Thaad: U.S. Army
SEOUL, BEIJING—North Korea has reconnoitered the U.S. Army’s newly installed Thaad battery at Seongju in South Korea with a small, pilotless aircraft, the joint chiefs of staff in Seoul say. The little airplane apparently took photos of the anti-ballistic-missile installation, the joint chiefs said...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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