The communist regime of North Korea claimed on Thursday that its dictator, Kim Jong-un, had presided over tests of a new model of suicide drone equipped with artificial intelligence (AI).
North Korea had first debuted a fleet of alleged suicide drones in August, meaning that, if its claims are accurate, it has moved forward with significant speed in the development of advanced models of the weapons. Suicide drones, or “loitering munitions,” are effectively flying bombs that can be remotely directed to crash into a target of the user’s choice. They are less advanced that the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used by the United States and other great powers that can conduct and airstrike by dropping explosives and be reloaded, rather than serve for only one-time use. Suicide drones are, however, far less expensive to manufacture and easier to mass produce, making them a popular choice in various conflicts ongoing today, most prominently the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
North Korea is believed to be an active participant in the Russian invasion despite its regime refusing to confirm that it has deployed troops there. Ukrainian and South Korean officials have estimated that as many as 12,000 North Korean troops are fighting for Russia in the Ukraine war theater. Ukraine attempted to prove its claims by publishing videos of captured North Korean soldiers in January.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) – North Korea’s flagship source of legal news for its citizens – reported Thursday that Kim had personally “guided the defence science research work of the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex and the detective electronic warfare research group.”
“The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about various kinds of reconnaissance and suicide attack drones,” KCNA claimed, “newly developed and being produced by an institute and enterprises under the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex, and oversaw their performance test.” […]
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