North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees suicide drone tests
Al Jazeera
State media shows Kim looking ecstatic after a test in which drones crashed into what appeared to be a tank.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a test of domestically-developed attack drones, state media KCNA reported.
Photos published by North Korean media on Monday showed a white drone with X-shaped tails and wings crashing into and destroying a target resembling South Korea’s K-2 main battle tank.
Kim, who was pictured at a desk surrounded by advisers, has been modernising his country’s military and developing its weapons capabilities amid rising tensions with Washington and Seoul.
The North Korean leader supervised the test on a visit to the Drone Institute of North Korea’s Academy of Defense Science, KCNA said.
Kim said that global trends in military technologies and modern combat showed the importance of drones in war and that Pyongyang’s military should be equipped with them “as early as possible”.
