In December 2022, North Korea dispatched five drones across the demilitarized zone into South Korean territory. One reached as far south as the capital city of Seoul and might have even recorded images of the presidential office. South Korea scrambled fighter jets and attack helicopters but failed to destroy the drones. Although the South Korean military has invested in anti-drone defense capabilities since the incident, counter-drone operations are more difficult and expensive than offensive operations.In the three short years since the incursion, North Korea’s drone capabilities have rapidly advanced. Thanks to material, technological, and training support from Russia (and indirectlyThe post North Korea’s Deadly Drone Bonanza Is Coming to a Peninsula Near You appeared first on War on the Rocks.