An unmanned drone lies on the ground damaged on Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea when the two Koreas fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s waters. South Korean experts say two small drones believed to have been flown across the border by the North amid rising military tensions were crude and decidedly low-tech – with cameras available on the Internet for hundreds of dollars – but underscore a potential new threat that must be taken seriously. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry, File )
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People watch a TV news program showing an unmanned drone, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. South Korean officials said Wednesday they suspect that two unmanned drones that crashed recently near the border with rival North Korea were flown by the North on possible surveillance missions. The Korean letters on the screen at bottom read: “Korean letters on the batteries are written in North Korean style.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
South Korean officials said Wednesday they suspect that another unmanned drone that found crashed Monday, March 31 on a frontline South Korean island was flown by rival North Korea. Media reports said officials suspect the drone shown in this photo was also flown by the North and that it took pictures of the South Korean presidential office and a highway linking border areas to Seoul. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry)
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