North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on November 14 supervised the testing of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and called for their mass production to begin in the people's republic as soon as possible. This was reported byKorean Central News Agency(KCNA). The leader of the People's Republic observed the kamikaze drones, which were produced by "research institutes and enterprises of the Unmanned Aviation Technology Association."
Kim Jong-un was accompanied by members of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Lee Byung-chol and Cho Yong-won, as well as the general director of the association. The UAVs are designed for precision strikes against targets on land and sea; during testing, they followed a given route and accurately hit the target, KCNA points out. The Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK expressed satisfaction with the characteristics of the equipment. Kim Jong-un noted that the association "is achieving noticeable success in implementing the points of the resolution outlined for the field of defense and the military-industrial complex at the plenums of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and its Central Military Committee."
“He emphasized that it is necessary to build a mass production system as soon as possible and begin active mass production,” the agency reports. Kim Jong-un stressed that the use of UAVs for military purposes is expanding and that international competition around the use of this technology is intensifying. "The low cost of their production and uncomplicated manufacturing process make it easier to use them as one part of the strike force in the new space. Probably all the military departments of the world recognize that drones are achieving obvious success in conflicts large and small," he said.
Kim Jong-un was accompanied by members of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Lee Byung-chol and Cho Yong-won, as well as the general director of the association. The UAVs are designed for precision strikes against targets on land and sea; during testing, they followed a given route and accurately hit the target, KCNA points out. The Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK expressed satisfaction with the characteristics of the equipment. Kim Jong-un noted that the association "is achieving noticeable success in implementing the points of the resolution outlined for the field of defense and the military-industrial complex at the plenums of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and its Central Military Committee."
“He emphasized that it is necessary to build a mass production system as soon as possible and begin active mass production,” the agency reports. Kim Jong-un stressed that the use of UAVs for military purposes is expanding and that international competition around the use of this technology is intensifying. "The low cost of their production and uncomplicated manufacturing process make it easier to use them as one part of the strike force in the new space. Probably all the military departments of the world recognize that drones are achieving obvious success in conflicts large and small," he said.
