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Dronekiller proposed in South Korea

22nd October 2015 - 22:58 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Seoul

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Last year South Korea discovered four crashed North Korean UAVs on its territory, and Uconsystem is proposing a novel approach to tackling future aerial incursions from North Korea.

The proposed design has been christened Dronekiller, and it is essentially a ‘kamikaze’ UAV that is directed to hit and bring down a hostile vehicle. It uses GPS guidance and the UAV can lock on and auto-track the target during the terminal attack phase. In addition, the operator wears virtual-reality goggles to monitor its flight.

The catapult-launched Dronekiller has hooks above the nose, on the wingtips and on the tail to help

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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