Seul, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong one observed tests of recognition and attack drones recently developed this week and asked for their greatest production, state media said Thursday.
Kim has emphasized the development of drones, and the tests were the last exhibition of the growing military capacities of his country.
The photos published by the official Korean news agency of North Korea showed Kim observing what seemed to be a great recognition drone that resembles approximately to the warning aircraft and control of control of control and control of Boeing E-7 Wedgeteil. Other images showed explosive drones that crash in military vehicles used as objectives.
The agency said the test demonstrated the recognition drone ability to track multiple objectives and monitor the movements of troops on land and sea, potentially improving the intelligence collection operations of North Korea and the ability to neutralize enemy threats. The report says that the new explosive drones were designed for several attack missions and presented un specified artificial intelligence capabilities.
Kim expressed his satisfaction with the performance of drones and the approved plans to expand production, emphasizing that drones and AI should be the “main” priorities in efforts to advance their armed forces and adapt them to modern war, Kcna said. The agency said the tests took place when Kim visited a drone technology complex and an electronic war research group on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Ministry of Defense of South Korea did not comment immediately on the North Korean report.
Kim previously inspected other manifestations of drones that explode in the impact in November and August last year.
North Korea also accused South Korea last year of sending his own drones to drop Brochures of northern anti-norgas propaganda over the capital of northern Pyongyang, and threatened to respond strongly if such flights occurred again. The South Korean army did not confirm whether the northern statements were true.
Tensions in the Korean Peninsula have recently intensified as Kim continues to expand their military capacities, which now include several weapons with nuclear capacity directed to South Korea and intercontinental ballistic missiles potentially capable of reaching the United States continent.
Kim is also aligning with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war in Ukraine, sending troops and military teams to support Russia’s efforts. This has expressed concern that Russian technology transfers can receive, even more strengthening the threat posed by its army with nuclear weapons.
South Korea’s team leaders, he said in a report on Thursday that he believes that North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February and has continued to supply ammunition, short -range missiles, self -propelled obuses and multiple rocket pitchers. The joint bosses evaluated that, of the approximately 11,000 North Korean troops sent to fight in the war against Ukraine, around 4,000 have been killed or injured.
