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Thursday, June 04, 2009

US drones to spy on NKorea

RQ-4A Global HawkUS forces in South Korea will deploy unmanned spy planes to keep closer watch over nuclear-armed North Korea amid mounting tensions on the peninsula, the deputy head of US forces in the South has said.

Lieutenant General Jeffrey Remington said the US Air Force in the South would retire decades-old U-2 spy planes and replace them with Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance planes.

Remington's comments in an interview with Dong-A Ilbo newspaper were confirmed by his public affairs officer.

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