---
title: "South Korea’s army is training drones to teabag enemies with explosives"
description: "First surfaced on South Korean military news outlet bemil.chosun, a series of photographs appear to show South Korean soldiers at the ROK Army Intelligence School in Icheon testing out a fleet of versatile drones"
date: "2019-05-17"
modified: "2019-05-17"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/south-korea-drone-bombers/"
categories:
  - "Aircraft"
  - "Army"
  - "Around the World"
  - "Drones"
  - "Korea"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "Munitions"
  - "News"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
  - "Weapons"
tags:
  - "indo-pacific command"
---

# South Korea’s army is training drones to teabag enemies with explosives

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19536137-1.jpg>)

South Korea may be intent on developing a fleet of drones that draw inspiration from the animal kingdom, but that doesn't mean it's forgoing some very human characteristics for future unmanned aerial vehicles— namely a giant pair of explosive balls.

[First surfaced on South Korean military news outlet bemil.chosun](<https://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id=10168&pn=1&num=959>), a series of photographs appear to show South Korean soldiers at the ROK Army Intelligence School in Icheon testing out a fleet of versatile drones:

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-4250.jpg>)

(bemil.chosun)

[According](<https://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id=10168&pn=1&num=959>) to bemil.chosun, the drones were designed to perform not just intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance functions, but also transport supplies to South Korean military personnel in dicey situations.

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-4251.jpg>)

(bemil.chosun)

But in some of these photos, the drones are clearly outfitted with 50mm "mines" that very clearly look like pendulous testicles..

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image-placeholder-title-4252.jpg>)

(bemil.chosun)

We now go live to the South Korea Ministry of Defense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzuvQXDUybE

KELLER OUT.

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Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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