South Korea Is Unprepared for Flashpoints in the Asia-Pacific Region
Seoul is often overlooked as a strategically vital and critically positioned ally in need of surveillance assets. The complex and fast-changing threat landscape in the Pacific region is leading the United States and its allies in the region to vigorously pursue new drones, surveillance technologies and fixed-wing platforms configured for long-range, long-dwell, multi-sensor targeting missions. While Japan, Australia and Taiwan are all making news for the pace at which they are both developing and acquiring new surveillance platforms such as drones and surveillance planes, the Republic of Kore...