ROK Air Force to Receive Two More Global Hawks this Month
Here is the latest on South Korea’s acquisition of the Global Hawk surveillance aircraft:
Two more units of the Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aircraft are expected to arrive in South Korea this month, sources said Thursday, a move expected to further boost the country’s surveillance capabilities against North Korea and beyond.
Their planned arrival comes after South Korea brought in its first RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft in December last year. Under a 2011 deal, Seoul purchased four from the United States.
Air Force officers and the manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, have been working to bring in two additional units within this month, though the exact schedule is subject to change, according to the government sources. One remaining unit is also expected within the first half, they added.
Joong Ang Ilbo
You can read more at the link, but this sale has been in the works since 2003 because of the delays caused by concerns that technology and information would be leaked to North Korea. Now with the US wanting the ROK to take on more of their defense responsibilities the sale was approved and hopefully whatever concerns of technology leaks has been mitigated as well.
Commie moon pie will fly one over the damn border and place the control unit in a box of oranges….
With commie moon’s no fly zone these are just about worthless…unless they just fly them around Dok Do…
Guys! Moon’s gonna have them patrolling swimming pools in nicer neighborhoods…
Or use them to annoy Japan.
J6, at least that has some merit. The Japanese can be annoying at times. Flying those patrol aircraft too close to North Korean ships and such… 😆