A suspected North Korean drone has taken photographs of an advanced U.S. anti-missile battery in South Korea before it crashed while apparently on its way back home, Reuters quotes the South Korean military as saying today (Tuesday).
The drone, mounted with a camera, was found last week in a forest near the border with North Korea. It was similar in size and shape to a North Korean drone found in 2014 on an island near the border.
"We confirmed that it took about 10 photos," of the anti-missile system, known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), a South Korean Defense Ministry official said by telephone.
The drone was suspected to be from North Korea, the official added.
South Korea is deploying the U.S. anti-missile defense system in the Seongju region, about 250 km (155 miles) from the border with North Korea, to counter a growing missile threat from the North.