S.Korea Deploys Underwater Mine Disposal Robots
S.Korea Deploys Underwater Mine Disposal Robots Our Bureau 1645 The South Korean military have deployed ten locally-built unmanned underwater mine disposal vehicles. Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Tuesday that the marine robots developed by Daeyang Electric Co. were first delivered to the armed forces two years ago. They can perform tasks such as searching and identifying mines underwater and neutralizing them by placing explosives. It can be controlled with a remote to ensure that operators remain out of harm's way when buried mines are detonated. DAPA claims that t...