South Korea is planning to develop drones with stealth capabilities， as part of its
strategy for countering North Korea′s weapons systems.
According to an unnamed defense official who spoke to Yonhap News on Sunday，... the stealth
unmanned aerial vehicles will stand by at higher altitudes than other aerial defense
systems owned by Pyongyang... and will be capable of thwarting the regime′s long－range
missiles and mobile missile systems，... including its multiple rocket launchers and
self－propelled guns... and SCUD， Rodong and Musudan missiles.
It′s an expensive project， with the initial research phase alone expected to cost more
than 3－hundred－and－27－thousand U.S. dollars.
Applied research will begin in 2017.
This is just one in a series of 31 such projects South Korea plans to conduct by the end of
next year.