U.S. Won’t Sell Global Hawk Spy Drones to Korea

Posted on: Sep. 29th, 2005 || Source: english.chosun.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

The United States has turned down a bid from South Korea to buy cutting-edge high-altitude“Global Hawk” unmanned aerial vehicles from the country.

The unmanned spy plane is considered a key strategic weapon and is under strict export restrictions, meaning that congressional approval is needed before the UAV can be sold to abroad. In June, the U.S. approved the sale to Japan.

During a parliamentary audit of the Agency for Defense Development on Thursday, Grand National Party lawmaker Hwang Jin-ha said Washington told Seoul during a joint Security Cooperation Committee meeting on June 21 the sale was “inappropriate at this time."

Ahn Dong-man, the president of the ADD, confirmed the news. "I am aware that the U.S. has refused to sell us Global Hawks," he said.

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