Seoul seeks to buy U.S. Global Hawk spy planes

Posted on: Sep. 12th, 2006 || Source: koreaherald.co.kr | E-mail Article | Print Article

South Korea is seeking to buy four U.S. unmanned spy planes but Washington is reluctant to sell them for fear of a possible leak of confidential technology, a Seoul official said yesterday.

The Defense Ministry will ask the United States later this month to sell Global Hawk surveillance aircraft which would greatly enhance the nation's intelligence-gathering capability.

"During the Security Policy Initiative session, we are planning to request the United States to permit the sale of Global Hawk," the official said requesting anonymity.

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