By Lee Soon-hyuk The Navy’s intelligence gathering project on the North Korean military has been adrift for several years now. In addition to years of failed operation due to the crashes of two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the intelligence ships, frictions have erupted over follow-up efforts among the Navy, National Intelligence Service, and the Board of Audit and Inspection. The project was launched in 2000 with NIS money with the intention of the ships traveling around the Northern Limit Line in the West Sea gathering sound and video information on North Korea, which would be sent to military intelligence and the NIS. At present, the first and second units are in position, while a third is under construction. Unlike the first unit, which is strictly for audio monitoring, the second unit includes three fixed-wing SHADOW-400 UAV aircrafts made by the American company AAI to gather photographic intelligence. However, one of these aircrafts crashed during operations near Deokjeok Island in 2007, and another crashed in the waters near Pohang while on a test flight in April 2010, just after the sinking of the Cheonan. During a parliamentary audit in September, Liberty Forward Party lawmaker Sim Dae-pyung said, “We put in […]
South Korean Navy’s intelligence ship project crippled for several yrs.
South Korean Navy’s intelligence ship project crippled for several yrs.
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