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Korea has effectively abandoned its plan to acquire 36 additional Apache attack helicopters, shifting its defense priorities toward unmanned systems and advanced technologies in response to evolving trends in modern warfare.
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On one hand good on them for not giving the US more money, on the other hand I hope they have some low cost aircraft platforms to help with big drone waves. Drone interceptors seem to be taking off but it’s good to have layers.
Their citizenry can hear the choppers coming long before they’d notice a drone… 🤔
The entirety of North Korea is covered in anti-air emplacements, hundreds of them. You can see them all over on Google maps. Small drones are a much better idea than helicopters that would rely on something else taking out the SAM sites first.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Ukraine done changed the game