SEOUL: South Korea unveiled on Friday (Jun 26) a plan to acquire 20,000 military drones to fend off North Korean threats, citing lessons learned from wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.A small number of high-cost weapon systems dominated the battlefields of the past, but the mass deployment of low-cost drone

"Recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East clearly demonstrate that drones have emerged as game changers on the battlefield," Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told reporters in Seoul.

SEOUL, June 26 (UPI) -- South Korea unveiled a sweeping plan Friday to rapidly expand the military's drone and counter-drone capabilities, citing lessons from modern conflicts and North Korea's growing military cooperation with Russia.

SEOUL, June 26 (UPI) -- South Korea unveiled a sweeping plan Friday to rapidly expand the military's drone and counter-drone capabilities, citing lessons from modern conflicts and North Korea's growing military cooperation with Russia.