Kim Jong Un has been flaunting his growing military capabilities amid tensions with Washington and Seoul.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a demonstration of new exploding drones designed to crash into targets and pledged to spur development of such weapons to boost his military's war readiness, state media said today.North Korean photos of the test showed a white drone with X-shaped tails and wings supposedly crashing into and destroying a target resembling South Korea's main K-2 battle tank.
South Korea's military said the Ssangyong Exercise, which will continue through September 7, is aimed at sharpening combat interoperability. Lee Chang Hyun, spokesperson of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a briefing that South Korea's military was closely examining North Korea's drone capabilities but did not provide a detailed assessment.
"We are aware that during the past exchanges between North Korea and Russia that some were given as gifts," Lee said.South Korean army soldiers aim their machine guns as they control traffic during a civil defense drill. Washington and its allies have accused the countries of expanding an alleged arms arrangement in which North Korea provides Putin with badly needed munitions to prolong Russia's fighting in Ukraine in exchange for economic aid and technologies to upgrade Kim's nuclear-armed military.
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