North Korea Unveils Suicide Attack Drones as UAV Race Heats Up

  • South Korea is looking to use lasers to shoot down drones
  • Kim Jong Un wants artificial intelligence in the weapons
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows a tank destroyed by a drone during a target demonstration on Aug. 24.Source: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP Photo
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North Korea unveiled new suicide attack drones, with leader Kim Jong Un calling for an increase in the use of technology to carry out strikes and incorporating artificial intelligence into the weapons program.

“Kim Jong Un said that it is necessary to develop and produce more suicide drones of various types to be used in tactical infantry and special operation units,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Monday.