Firepower up close: Witnessing a South Korean military drill

August 28, 2015 21:55

On the side of a hill in Pocheon, about 18 miles (30 kilometers) from the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, targets are laid out.

They're huge painted numbers and drawings of tanks bearing the North Korean star emblem.

Through a megaphone, a soldier announces what target to watch. A South Korean F-16 fighter jet screams over shortly after, dropping a bomb right on the spot.

Next up we're treated to the impressive sight of an E-737 "Peace Eye," a state-of-the-art surveillance aircraft that can detect movement across most of North Korea's airspace from behind the South Korean border.

We'd been given rare access to a live-fire exercise involving armed forces from South Korea and the United States.

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