Why Advanced Drones Crashed One After Another at Demonstration Event

[Anchor]

The Ministry of National Defense held an event in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, to showcase various drones and cutting-edge technologies. However, drones developed by domestic defense contractors crashed one after another.

Defense correspondent Kim Tae-hoon reports.

[Reporter]

The Defense Drone Tech Fair was held yesterday (September 16) at the Seungjin Training Field in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Advanced drones developed domestically—including high-speed jet drones, suicide drones, and reconnaissance drones—gathered in one place to show off their flight maneuvers under simulated combat conditions.

[Won Jong-dae / Assistant Minister of National Defense: Let us witness the drone battles of future battlefields right here on the spot.]

However, an air-to-air interceptor drone designed to pursue and strike other drones spun out of control and crashed as soon as it was ejected from its mother drone.

[It has been launched. (Ahhhhh....)]

Even an interceptor drone that was successfully ejected failed to hit the target drone in the end, losing altitude rapidly.

Unit 1 of the medium-sized high-speed jet drone crashed immediately after takeoff.

[Unfortunately, Unit 1 crashed right away just a moment ago...]

Unit 2 succeeded in taking off, but was confirmed to have been lost after losing its signal during flight.

In addition, air-to-ground guided rocket drones and others suffered accidents, either failing to take off or crashing mid-flight.

Because there were no issues during the rehearsal the day before yesterday, the event was held yesterday as scheduled, but drones developed by defense companies crashed one after another.

[Yoo Yong-weon / Lawmaker, People Power Party (yesterday, confirmation hearing): Only a few succeeded, while a significant number failed to operate properly. Even drones made by major corporations...]

Last month, suicide drones were launched from the Navy's amphibious assault ship ROKS Marado, but both crashed into the sea.

With the importance of drones growing daily in modern warfare, South Korea's military appears to have a long way to go in strengthening its drone capabilities.

(Video by Kim Hyeon-sang | Video Editing by Jang Hyeon-gi | Photo: Newsis)
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