Kim Jong Un watched a test of suicide drones and wants production of the aerial weapons ramped up. North Korea’s latest military operation came as the US, South Korea and Japan engaged in combined military exercises.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the “mass production” of suicide attack drones, saying the introduction of such unmanned aerial vehicles around the world requires an urgent update of military theory, state media reported on Friday.
Kim supervised the tests of drones designed to hit both land and sea targets, produced by North Korea’s Unmanned Aerial Technology Complex (UATC).
“He underscored the need to build a serial production system as early as possible and go into full-scale mass production,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
“Suicide drones” are explosive-carrying aerial vehicles designed to be deliberately crashed into enemy targets.
North Korea’s military cooperation with Russia raises concerns in the West
Kim had previously overseen the test of suicide drones earlier in the year amid a rapidly developing military cooperation with Russia.
Drones have been widely used in the war in Ukraine as well as in the Middle East.
