Kim Jong Un oversees ‘suicide drone’ test while U.S., South Korea hold joint military drills

SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a demonstration of exploding ‘suicide’ drones, state-run media reported Monday, while U.S. and South Korean troops continued large-scale joint military drills on the peninsula.

During the test, which was held Saturday, drones of various types ‘all correctly identified and destroyed the designated targets after flying along different preset routes,’ the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

Photos carried by KCNA showed a white attack drone crashing into and destroying what appears to be a replica of a South Korean K-2 battle tank.

Such weapons, also known as ‘kamikaze drones’ or ‘loitering munitions,’ have seen heavy use on the battlefield in Ukraine, from U.S.-supplied Switchblade drones to Russia’s Zala Lancet and Iranian Shahed drones.

Kim said the drones take ‘an important share in preparing for a war in view of the trend of world military science and combat experience on battlefields,’ according to KCNA…”

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