Seoul: War drills and missile launches on Monday added to the mounting tension amid the inter-Korean region. North Korean drones have invaded South Korean airspace. South Korea sent its warplanes to shoot down these surveillance drones. In this operation, South Korea shot down a North Korean intruder drone. But in this, the information about the crash of the ‘KA-1’ plane of the South Korean Air Force is coming to light.
On Monday morning at around 10:30 am, five drones entered South Korea’s airspace from North Korea’s airspace. The South Korean Armed Forces announced that the intruding planes had been hovering for a long time. After that, South Korea sent its fighter jets, helicopters and tried to defeat the infiltration drones of North Korea. In this, the South Korean Armed Forces claimed to have shot down a drone belonging to the North Korean Air Force.
The South Korean Armed Forces displayed a North Korean drone in front of the international media. This drone was used for surveillance. The South Korean Army informed that there was no weapon attached to it. 
However, the intrusion of North Korean drones into its airspace is a serious matter, South Korean defence forces said, adding that they have increased surveillance over the said airspace.
Moreover, South Korea’s KA-1 fighter jet, launched after North Korean drones, crashed in the eastern Hongseong area. South Korean Air Force reported that both pilots of the plane ejected safely. After this, international flights of passenger planes from this area were stopped for some time. The KA-1 is an indigenously developed lightweight fighter aircraft from South Korea. It is used for trainee pilots.
For the first time since 2017, North Korea has launched surveillance drones within South Korean territory. Five years ago, North Korea also launched drones for spying. The drone was trying to take photographs of the US advanced air defence system ‘THAAD’ deployed in South Korea. But South Korea shot down the said drone. North Korea is claimed to have at least 300 drones of various types. The United Nations claimed in its report that this includes drones that launch attacks from surveillance. But the South Korean think tank ‘Korea Institute for National Unification’ warned that North Korea has at least 1,000 drones, if not 300.
Meanwhile, tensions in the Korean region have increased over the past few months. The United States and South Korea have stopped military exercises. In response, North Korea is testing short, medium and long-range missiles. Some of these missiles crashed in South Korea and Japan.
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