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This study explores the development of South Korean military drone operational doctrine in response to the increasing importance of military drones in the rapidly changing Northeast Asian security environment, with a particular focus on integrating Military Deception (MILDEC) concepts. Analysis of military drone capabilities and threats from North Korea, China, and Russia revealed that North Korea is enhancing the quality of its threats through the development of strategic drones such as the ‘Saetbyul’ series while acquiring practical lessons from Russia; China is pursuing systematic drone operations under the concept of ‘Intelligentized Warfare’; and Russia is demonstrating adaptive doctrinal development based on combat experiences in Ukraine. While the South Korean military has made visible efforts through the establishment of the Drone Operations Command and the development of advanced platforms, it was found that practical operational doctrine development has not kept pace with hardware acquisition, and several challenges remain in implementing joint operations. In the trend toward ‘battlefield transparency’ in modern warfare, this study demonstrates that military deception is a key concept for enhancing force survivability and securing asymmetric advantages, with drones serving as optimal means to effectively implement this concept. Based on these findings, this study proposes policy recommendations including: completing joint drone operation doctrine explicitly integrating military deception, establishing dedicated drone-based military deception organizations, developing and verifying practical tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), enhancing substantive jointness in the Drone Operations Command, strengthening command and control with AI and electronic warfare capabilities, and establishing a continuous threat assessment and doctrinal adaptation system.

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