South Korea has accused North Korea of flying several drones across their shared border, prompting Seoul's military to deploy warplanes to shoot them down.
It is the first time in years that North Korean drones have entered the South's airspace.South Korea accused the North of flying several drones across their shared border on Monday, prompting Seoul's military to deploy warplanes to shoot them down - with local media reporting one of the planes later crashed.
"This is a clear act of provocation in which North Korea invaded our airspace," a JCS official told reporters. The military did not indicate whether the objects had been shot down or had gone back over the border, one of the most heavily-fortified locations in the world. "Our military will continue to respond thoroughly and resolutely to such provocations by North Korea," he added.
"Considering North Korea's poor level of drone development, there is little possibility that they carry the drone attack capabilities used in modern warfare," he added. In 2017, Seoul's military fired warning shots at a flying object that entered the country's airspace from North Korea across the Demilitarised Zone.
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