South Korea, US troops hold drills with drones, laser sensors to modernise militaries
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South Korea, US troops hold drills with drones, laser sensors to modernise militaries

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The training came as South Korea’s military conducts a series of annual Hoguk exercises aimed at improving responses to North Korea’s nuclear threats. More than 120 soldiers from both sides joined forces to fight against a team of opposing forces in a mock-up town that looked like Pyongyang South Korean and U.S. troops held joint future combat drills involving drones, an unmanned vehicle and wearable laser sensors this week as part of efforts to modernise their militaries, Seoul’s army said on Saturday. The training came as South Korea’s military conducts a series of annual Hoguk autumn exercises aimed at improving responses to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Choi Jeong-Il, a captain of the South Korean army’s 25th Infantry Division, nicknamed the TIGER brigade, said the unmanned assets and the MILES gear helped identify enemies and gauge the allied troops’ casualties. South Korea’s army launched the TIGER brigade last year as a pilot unit for future warfare operations using artificial intelligence-powered drones and highly mobile fighting vehicles.

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