North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen tests of “various kinds of reconnaissance and suicide drones”, according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Reporting from North Korea’s Unmanned Aerial Technology Complex, the North Korean state-run news agency said that Kim Jong Un has personally inspected testing of new AI-equipped suicide drones that will “be used for various tactical attack missions”.
He also oversaw the testing of new upgraded reconnaissance drones capable of “tracking and monitoring different strategic targets and enemy troop activities on the ground and the sea”, according to KCNA.
KCNA also said that Kim has called for the production of unmanned aircraft and AI to be prioritised in modernising the armed forces as it is “the trend of modern warfare”.
Images published by KCNA from the tests, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, reveal Kim climbing steps towards the door of a large aircraft that appears to be larger than a fighter jet, with four...