The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, months after presenting his kamikaze drones to the rest of the world, in addition to supervising one of their tests this Thursday, has ordered to prioritize his “rapid large-scale production” of a weapon designed for attacks suicide attacks, which analysts have interpreted as the strengthening of military relations between the North Korean regime and Russia, to which .
“Kim has conducted a field test of suicide attack drones of various types produced by an institute affiliated with the Unmanned Aerial Technology Complex and companies,” reads a statement collected by the KCNA news agency, which points out that he has ” “underlined the need to build a mass production system as soon as possible and move to large-scale mass production.”
This type of drones are used in different attack ranges and They have the mission of aiming precisely against any enemy target on land or seaNorth Korean state media have detailed, which have also been responsible for disseminating images of Kim Jon Un supervising one of the tests of the weapons he intends to mass produce.
During the test, the kamikaze drones “accurately hit targets after flying along different pre-established tactical routes at attack ranges,” which included targets on land and sea. Kim has “appreciated” that the company has “achieved notable successes in promoting the set objectives”, since “the competition to use drones as the main means of military capabilities through innovative technological introduction is accelerating in the world.”
“It is easy to use them as a strike power component in a new domain due to their increasing range of use in military activities, low production cost and simple production lines. Military authorities around the world will probably recognize that drones are achieving clear successes in conflicts large and small. This is a trend that has emerged as an essential requirement in the military today,” he declared.
This week, the authorities established that, in the event of a threat or act of aggression against one of the parties, the other may call consultations to coordinate and agree on mutual defense measures. Furthermore, Kim Jon Un’s announcement takes place in a global context in which tensions increase on the Korean Peninsula and the deployment of thousands of North Korean troops in Russia, within the framework of collaboration with Moscow in the war in Ukraine.
As a result of this intense bilateral military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, it is known that the Kremlin has delivered some drones to Pyongyang, although the exact type of unmanned vehicle that has fallen into the hands of the North Korean army is unknown. It is believed that, in turn, some of the drones or missiles it used could have been North Korean.
This call by Kim Jon Un follows the line of the one he made last August, when he urged the manufacture of more unmanned vehicles, both aerial and aquatic, of the suicide type or incorporating artificial intelligence into this weaponry. North Korea has developed several drone models in the last decade, even sending five to South Korea in December 2022, with whom it is technically still at war and reaching one in the center of Seoul.
