Inter-Korea
U.S. Army Resumes Unmanned Military Vehicle Flights Near DMZ
Written: 2004-11-01 00:00:00 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The U.S. military in South Korea has resumed flying unmanned aerial vehicles near the Demilitarized Zone. U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported Monday that Friday's edition of the Morning Calm, a U.S. Forces Korea newspaper in South Korea, had detailed operations by the 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion, which flies the Shadow 200 Tactical UAVs from Camp Mobile. The military paper, quoting the Morning Calm article, said the battalion is helping to “pave the future by testing unmanned aerial vehicles.” The Shadow is manufactured by AAI Corporation, a company based in the U.S. state of Maryland. According to the company, the light, rail-launched drone has a four-meter wingspan and 27.2 kilograms of surveillance equipment. It flies between three to four kilometers in altitude. U.S. officials have said they are flying the craft only on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.
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