"South Korea-US Joint Exercise Conducted for Small Drone Response"

Deployment of Electronic Jamming Equipment 'Dronebuster' and More

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] The South Korean and U.S. Air Forces conducted a joint training exercise to respond to the intrusion of small North Korean drones into their airspace.

The U.S. Air Force announced on the 12th that on the 7th, they conducted a joint training exercise at Gunsan Air Base in Jeonbuk, utilizing drone jamming equipment and other tools to counter small drones.

During this joint exercise, they practiced operations to bring down virtual enemy drones in the air using equipment that jams drone signals called the 'Drone Buster' and K2C1 rifles. They also checked the process of blocking the flight of downed drones and detecting and collecting explosives.

Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Countermeasure Training by the US and South Korean Air Forces
[Photo by US Department of Defense]

This small drone response training was part of the joint South Korea-U.S. training schedule held at Gunsan Air Base from the 5th to the 9th. In addition to drone response, the training included formation flights of U.S. F-16s and South Korean Air Force KF-16s, responses to mass casualty incidents, and health and biological crisis response scenarios.

The U.S. military described this training as "aimed at maximizing rapid combat deployment capabilities to ensure a constant state of combat readiness," adding, "Such exercises are not only intensive opportunities to enhance interoperability and mutual support systems but are also conducted regularly."

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