North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspects AI 'suicide attack drones'

Analysts said the development of the technology was likely assisted by Russia.

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The undated images released by the secretive state's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) show Kim flanked by officials on a runway inspecting a drone.

Kim agreed to a plan for expanding production of the equipment, KCNA added.

Analysts have said the development of the technology was likely assisted by Russia, which North Korea has supported recently by sending its soldiers to help with Moscow's war in Ukraine.

James Patton Rogers, executive director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute and drone expert, agreed the attack drone was evidence of the "fruits" of the increasingly close ties the two have forged in recent years.

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