North Koreais preparing to send a new batch of troops to russia, as well as transfer additional weapons and military equipment. These weapons may include kamikaze drones.
According to Yonhap, this was reported by the the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean Armed Forces. The Koreans also noted that Pyongyang is fully committed to expanding military cooperation with russia.
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As noted by Defense Express, in 2024, official Pyongyang demonstrated several tests of its drones, which could potentially be transferred to russia. Despite the fact that the photos of the drones were blurred, it was easy to recognize visual copies of two Israeli drones - Harop by Israel Aerospace Industries and Hero 400 by Uvision.
It should be noted that the tactical and technical characteristics of these drones have not been announced. Therefore, it is unclear to what extent they can match the original products.
It should be noted that the Hero 400 loitering munition has an 8 kg warhead, a range of over 150 km, and an endurance of 2 hours in the air. This UAV and its North Korean counterpart have container configuration. russian Lancet UAV was created with this in mind.
Official data on the Harop loitering munition is kept in secret, but it is believed to have a range of up to 200 km, endurance of up to 6 hours of flight, and a warhead weight of about 20 kg. The main feature of Harop is its passive homing, as it is designed to target and destroy radars. At the same time, a North Korean copy was used to attack a tank.
This directly says that visual copies can have a different purpose. The communication range and flight range directly depend on the quality of the components, which are obviously made in China. Therefore, we should expect a certain decrease in the capabilities of North Korean drones.
In addition, a drone of an original design with large X-shaped wings was shown once. It was shown during an attack on unarmored vehicle. Most likely, it has a short range and a small warhead weight.
In addition, the issue of the potential volume of drones supplied from the DPRK to the russian federation is also very important, but reliable data on the North Korean military industry is unavailable.
Earlier Defense Express reported that North Korea had likely supplied new ballistic missile to russia.
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