North Korea Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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What is North Korea's end game with some of these new weapons? Given that they have nuclear weapons along with a number of growing delivery platforms that having increasing survivability what exactly are they hoping to achieve through further military modernization?
North Korea has outdated air power capabilities and drones are just that much cheaper than conventional aircraft. It could also be that North Korea is making those drones for export. Who knows. At one point in the Iran-Iraq War they used to be a major weapons exporter.
They could use the drones to patrol the DMZ and their territorial waters. So yes they have their uses.
They could use the drones to patrol the DMZ and their territorial waters. So yes they have their uses.
At present, we can only believe that as the United States is completely untrustworthy, North Korea must ensure that Americans carefully analyze the cost of military adventures.
I once read an article evaluating the United States' strategy after the Cold War. The article argues that the series of successful military actions carried out by the United States have led small countries to two extremes: either they believe that military confrontation is meaningless and can only yield to the United States, or they choose to acquire nuclear weapons to seek survival.
Even with high investment costs for the air force and navy, North Korea has tried to obtain low-cost technological iteration solutions as much as possible.
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A textual introduction to the North Korean military parade process, including the troops participating in the parade and the music used in each stage.
North Korea has shown a nuclear underwater drone Haiel. The DPRK for the first time showed at the military parade, which was held in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, the Haiel-1 nuclear submarine drone. Earlier it was reported that North Korea tested "Haiel-1", the device was underwater for more than 40 hours. At the parade, four underwater drones were transported on tractors. Underwater drones "Haiel-1" have a length of at least 10 meters and a diameter of about 1.5 meters, underwater drones are painted in orange and black colors, as prototypes of nuclear weapons are usually marked. Apparently the drone "Haiel-1" is an analogue of the Russian nuclear super torpedoes "Poseidon"
North Korea has hundreds of Mig-21s that were maintained but not flown due to fuel restrictions. They have R-13 turbojet engines. These are easily repurposed for drones, as proven by China's WZ-7 using a domestic version of the R-13.
they're learning from the Ukraine conflict. It is found that drones are much more cost effective than manned aircraft and still work in an environment of air inferiority.
They need a HALE drone to long term patrol and map the areas around North Korean border, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan. This is valuable data that is not only useful for themselves but can be sold to China and Russia (more like a subsidy for North Korea tbh but at least its nominally for a service, which will motivate them to do better). It gives a much closer look at South Korean military positions along the DMZ and in the southern Sea of Japan than China or Russia can get on their own without patrolling inside North Korea, which has potential political implications.
They need a MALE drone for both light patrol duties and for deep artillery recon, CAS and strike if any aggressors attack North Korea. Though not useful in a full conflict with South Korea or the US, they can still be used just like the TB-2 was to inflict losses on unprepared invasions that outrun their air defense, forcing the entire enemy invasion to slow down to the pace of air defense only and giving ATGMs, artillery, etc the time they need to set up.
They need loitering munitions, both airborne and seaborne, that again have been proven to work as both tactical and strategic strike.
Basically, they're adding the lessons of Ukraine to their modernization, which shows their capability to rapidly adapt when a clear direction is given.
Maybe piggy back them on the side of a cargo ship could be a thing but would not work for retaliation strike. If they are nuclear driven torpedo, they can launch them from North Korea if they like ? They need plenty of good underwater maps to strike far from North Korea.
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