USFK Conducts “High-Tech” Training with ROK Military as Part of Freedom Shield Exercise
Here is an update of one of the events occurring as part of the Freedom Shield exercise that has North Korea so upset:
South Korea and the United States are conducting combined high-tech military drills with increased “intensity and realism,” the Army here said Monday, as part of joint efforts to bolster deterrence against growing North Korean threats.
The drills are under way at the Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC), a facility employing cutting-edge technologies for realistic ground drills, in Inje, 165 kilometers east of Seoul. The maneuvers are to run through Friday, in connection with the allies’ ongoing Freedom Shield exercise.
For the drills, the U.S. military deployed a battalion-size unit for the first time. The South mobilized wheeled-armored vehicles and reconnaissance drones, while the U.S. brought Stryker armored vehicles and other assets.
The latest drills are divided into two three-day parts of separate defense and attack operations to heighten its “intensity and realism,” according to the armed service. Previous KCTC sessions were held for four days in total.
Yonhap
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Nothing says high tech like pointing at a paper map with a stick. Effective but not high tech.
That is hardened ePaper and he is holding a remote-touch digital designator.
In fact, if you look more closely, there are red and yellow-tipped phase conjunction rifles in both X ray and gamma ray configurations.
At least two of the soldiers are 2nd generation synths, one is heavily augmented, and the rest have surgically installed crosslink interfaces for battlespace integration. Satcom is available by turning the autotracking helmet upside down to act as a dish.
They are wearing adaptable armor that self-hardens upon impact and changes color and pattern to fit the envonment. It hides thermal signature and absorbs terahertz waves.
And they are all nonbinary and genderfluid.
So they aren’t just modern in tech, they are modern in thinking!