U.S. to Sell Restricted Spy Aircraft to Korea

The U.S. has notified the Korean government that it will sell it the Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft after all.

Government and military sources on Sunday said at the annual Security Policy Initiative in Washington in July, the U.S. government told Korea it will sell it the drone.

During the Roh Moo-hyun administration, the U.S. declined several requests by the Korean government to sell the aircraft.

But already in April, after the Lee Myung-bak administration was inaugurated, the U.S. informally notified Seoul there was a possibility it might sell the aircraft to Korea.

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