Kim Jong Un said to order mass production of suicide drones
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered mass production of the aerial weapon, state media reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered mass production of the aerial weapon, saying the introduction of such drones around the world requires an urgent update of military theory, state media said Friday.
Kim had previously supervised the test of suicide drones earlier in the year amid a rapidly developing military cooperation with Russia, raising questions as to whether he was receiving technical help from Moscow to develop them.
Also known as loitering munitions, such weapons have been widely used in the war in Ukraine as well as in the Middle East.
Kim “underscored the need to build a serial production system as early as possible and go into full-scale mass production,” state news agency KCNA said.
Kim observed a test firing of what appear to be suicide drones alongside military officials at an undisclosed location.KCNA via APKim said the competition for using drones for military purposes is accelerating around the world, with military authorities most likely recognizing their success in conflicts of various scale.
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