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N. Korea's Kim oversees test of AI-powered 'suicide attack drones'
By Park Boram
SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised performance tests of "suicide attack drones" equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) technology, directing their development as a long-term project in line with trends in modern warfare, the North's state media reported Thursday.
Kim gave the instruction while guiding defense science research projects of the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex and the detective electronic warfare research group Tuesday and Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Kim "made an important evaluation of the military effectiveness and strategic value of the strategic reconnaissance drone with improved performance and the suicide attack drones with the introduction of new artificial intelligence," according to the KCNA report.
"Proved at the test was the innovative performance of a new-type strategic reconnaissance drone with the detective ability capable of tracking and monitoring different strategic targets and enemy troops' activities on the ground and the sea," the KCNA said.
The report also said the tests "fully demonstrated ... the striking capability of suicide drones" for use in various tactical attack missions.
"Our special means developed with up-to-date technology would play a big role in monitoring the potential threats and collecting vital intelligence," he also said, stressing they would enhance "our army's capability of conducting various kinds of intelligence-gathering operations and neutralizing the enemy's combat means of various missions."
Kim stressed the unmanned equipment and AI fields should be "top-prioritized," emphasizing, "It is important to correctly shape the state long-term plan for promoting the rapid long-term development of them in keeping with the trend of modern warfare.
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