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A Study on North Korea's UAV Threat and Response Stance

북한의 무인기 위협과 대응 자세

  • 김현식 (육군3사관학교 정치외교학과) ;
  • 박찬영 (육군3사관학교 화학환경과학과)
  • Received : 2023.01.30
  • Accepted : 2023.03.10
  • Published : 2023.03.31

Abstract

Along with the 4th Industrial Revolution, the impact of "unmanned" is affecting all fields around the world, and in particular, in the military sector, "unmanned" is so important that it occupies a part of the main combat system. Recently, the South Korean military is facing a crisis due to the North Korea's UAV incident that invaded our airspace and descended to Seoul. In response, the South Korea military declared its willingness and countermeasures to capture and destroy North Korea's UAV. However, as the technological development of UAV continues and the utilization plan is expanding, the countermeasures for UAV at the current level can be useless. Also, the threat from North Korea is not just UAV. North Korea has practically a nuclear power and is set to conduct its seventh nuclear test, and its missile technology is also being advanced, with 38 arounds of 67 missile tests conducted in 2022 alone. It is also developing five key strategic weapons that can pose a fatal threat to Korea, and North Korea's strong conventional forces are located around the NLL(Northern Limit Line), and the port of Long Range Artillery is facing the Seoul metropolitan area. It is important to respond to North Korea's UAV threats, which are now receiving much attention, but it will be necessary to comprehensively analyze and clearly prioritize North Korea's threats and use a limited budget to respond to them.

4차산업혁명과 더불어 '무인화' 영향이 전 세계 모든 분야에 미치고 있고, 특히 군사 분야에서 '무인화'는 주된 전투체계의 한 부분을 차지할 정도로 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 최근, 우리 영공을 침범하여 서울까지 내려온 북한 무인기 사태로 우리 군은 위기에 직면한 상태이다. 이에 우리 군은 북한의 무인기를 포착하고 격멸하겠다는 의지표명과 대응방안을 천명했다. 하지만 무인기의 기술발전은 지속되고 있고 활용 방안 또한 확대되고 있어 현 수준에서의 무인기 대응 방안은 무용지물이 될 수 있다. 또한 북한의 위협은 무인기만 있는 것이 아니다. 북한은 사실상 핵 보유국가이자 7차 핵실험을 앞두고 있고 2022년 한 해에만 38차례, 67발의 미사일 시험발사를 하는 등 미사일 기술도 고도화 되고 있다. 또한 우리에게 치명적 위협이 될 수 있는 5대 핵심 전략무기를 개발하고 있고 북한의 강력한 재래식 전력은 북방한계선 일대에 다수 포진되어 있고 장사정포의 포구는 수도권을 향해 있다. 지금 많은 관심을 받고 있는 북한의 무인기 위협을 대응하는 것도 중요하지만 북한의 위협을 종합적으로 분석하고 명확하게 우선순위를 정하여 제한된 예산을 사용해야 무인기 위협 이외의 북한의 전반적인 위협에 대응할 수 있을 것이다.

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