South Korea‘s military said on Sunday that some of the balloons floated by North Korea to dump trash across the country have been equipped with GPS transmitters.
According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, GPS transmitters were found in some of the North Korean balloons, and Yonhap news agency reported that Pyongyang may be using them to investigate the balloons’ flight data.
A South Korean official said the military is “tracking North Korea’s possible development of balloon flotation technology and preparing for contingencies.” According to the South Korean military, North Korea has sent about 6,000 trash balloons to South Korea so far this year.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea is estimated to have spent 600 million won ($444,148) on the balloon campaign.
–IANS
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