North Korean Leader Orders Mass Production Of Suicide Drones (Photos)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country to quickly start the mass production of suicide drones after overseeing a test of the weapon, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on November 15.

Photos published by the state-run news agency show the North Korean leader and several other officials at the launch site. The photos also show a car and a tank being destroyed by what appears to be drones, which have been heavily blurred by the agency.

KCNA said that drones “of various types precisely hit the targets” as part of the test, noting that they can be “used within different striking ranges” and are designed “to precisely attack any enemy targets on the ground and in the sea.”

While overseeing the test, Kim said that the use of such drones in military activities is being expanded around the world and authorities are recognizing that “drones are achieving clear successes in big and small conflicts,” the news agency reported.

The leader also “underscored the need to build a serial production system as early as possible and go into full-scale mass production,” the agency reported, adding that “such objective change urgently calls for updating many parts of military theory.”

The North Korean drone test came as the United States, South Korea and Japan engaged in combined military exercises involving advanced fighter jets and a U.S. aircraft carrier in nearby international waters.

Tensions in the Korean Peninsula began to rise earlier in October. Earlier this year, Kim called South Korea “a foreign country and an apparent hostile country” after North Korea accused Seoul of sending drones over Pyongyang that scattered a “huge number” of anti-North leaflets.

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