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According to Yonhap News Agency on the 26th, the South Korean military's first domestic suicide drone combat test at sea ended in failure. The report said that on the 25th, the South Korean Navy conducted a naval combat operation test on a medium-sized suicide drone being developed by the Korea National Defense Science Research Institute aboard the large transport ship “Maro Island”. According to the original plan, the suicide drone will take off from the flight deck of the “Maro Island” to carry out a reconnaissance mission to track and attack a high-speed unmanned target boat 2 km away. However, the suicide drones that were launched both times crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff, and the tests failed to advance to the target strike stage.

Zhitongcaijing·08/26/2026 06:17:03
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According to Yonhap News Agency on the 26th, the South Korean military's first domestic suicide drone combat test at sea ended in failure. The report said that on the 25th, the South Korean Navy conducted a naval combat operation test on a medium-sized suicide drone being developed by the Korea National Defense Science Research Institute aboard the large transport ship “Maro Island”. According to the original plan, the suicide drone will take off from the flight deck of the “Maro Island” to carry out a reconnaissance mission to track and attack a high-speed unmanned target boat 2 km away. However, the suicide drones that were launched both times crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff, and the tests failed to advance to the target strike stage.