A suicide drone strikes a target during the Combined Joint Live-Fire Exercise at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, on May 28. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]
President Lee Jae Myung stressed on Thursday that the time has come to transform Korea's military structure and weapon systems to keep pace with modern warfare and strengthen self-reliant national defense.
"The significance of a military structure that relies on human resources is gradually diminishing," Lee said at a meeting of senior presidential aides, according to presidential senior spokesperson Kang Yu-jung. "The time has come for the military structure and weapon systems to change as well."
Lee was briefed by the Blue House National Security Office on measures to strengthen national defense capabilities in the wake of the Middle East crisis stemming from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, including plans to rapidly transition to unmanned combat systems and to innovate Korean forces in preparation for future battlefield scenarios.
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