One of the biggest challenges for militaries around the world, including in South Korea, is figuring out ways to train soldiers that have yet to experience real life-or-death combat situations.<br />It'll never truly be a substitute for the acute stresses of actual war, but South Korea is making training as realistic as possible through the incorporation of modern technology.<br />Kim Ji-yeon reports.<br /><br />Instead of live ammunition,... trainees at the Army's Korea Combat Training Center in Inje County, in Gangwon-do Province use lasers and sensors.<br />Soldiers wear special gear equipped with a multiple integrated laser engagement system... that are then used to simulate situations including the mobilization of South Korea's Army units when the country is under attack. <br /><br />"This training is aimed at better preparing the Army for real combat, something the South Korean military generally lacks, now that it hasn't been engaged in a full-scale war for some 70 years."<br /><br /> The simulations are heavily monitored in a control room where instructors are able to watch real-time combat situations unfold thanks to a sensor attached to each soldier's uniform.<br />Sensors are attached to detect when soldiers are hit... and depending on the severity of the attack they could be categorized as mild to critically wounded.<br />Trainings are monitored in real-time and then the unit's performance is analyzed in detail for future evaluation.<br /> With the dawn of the 5G era... the South Korean military hopes to further develop the training that incorporates bigdata as well as technologies involving virtual and augmented reality.<br /> As part of efforts to boost the modernization of the country's military... South Korea's defense minister Jeong Kyeong-doo paid a visit to the center... and was reassured that the weapons used during the simulations are the same kind to the ones actually used in combat. <br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News, Inje County. <br />
