Are North Korea's Drones A Threat?

North Korea's Drones: Threat or No Threat?

North Korea managed to fly (and crash) a couple rudimentary drones over Seoul. Do its drones pose a threat?

It’s been a busy week on the Korean peninsula. After an exchange of artillery fire, and a scrambling of South Korean jets, most news focused on a couple North Korean drones that were downed in South Korean territory. One of the drones crashed on Baeknyeong Island on Monday, following the exchange of artillery fire between the North and the South. The other crashed in Paju, Gyeonggi Province some days earlier on March 24. The drones (like most North Korean military hardware) are unimpressive and appear to be incredibly rudimentary implementations of an unmanned surveillance aircraft solution. Still, many are regarding the fact that North Korea was able to penetrate South Korean airspace with drones as a new sort of threat. These drones are certainly a new threat and worth taking seriously, but they will likely not be (and should not be) the highest priority for South Korean military planning.

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My Comment: The fact that North Korea was able to penetrate South Korean airspace and the airspace above the South Korean President's office so easily is what surprises me. If a drone was approaching the White House in Washington .... I would suspect that it would be shot down ASAP .... but in the South Korean case .... it crashed by itself (or it's signals were jammed by South Korea). Either way .... it shows who North Korea is targeting, and that alone should raise concerns everywhere.