The military failed to shoot down five aircraft from North Korea despite a five-hour pursuit.
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South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, which represents the major branches of its armed services, acknowledged in a statement on Tuesday that while the military can counter "attack drones that pose a real threat", it is limited in its ability to detect and strike smaller spy drones. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk-yeol said he would seek to speed up the creation of a military unit to monitor North Korea's military facilities in response to Monday's incident, which would be supplied with cutting-edge stealthy drones.
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