The drones visited by North Korean tyrant leader Kim Jong-un are powered by AI which will be capable of launching attacks on land and sea once they are ready
Kim Jong-un was pictured checking out his air force’s new sci-fi looking drones, which have the ability to launch suicide attacks on land and sea.
The bulbous unmanned planes are powered by AI and capable of long range reconnaissance. Should it spot a target North Korea feels ill will toward, it is capable of switching to attack mode and launching a kamikaze run – without harming any of Kim Jong-un’s pilots who are safely tucked away at their base. The display is the latest example of the isolationist nation’s growing military force, as the nation’s leader oversaw tests of the AI enabled drones earlier today.
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State media quoted the North Korean leader as saying: “The field of unmanned equipment and artificial intelligence should be top-prioritized and developed in modernizing the armed forces.”
The bizarre looking plane is reportedly a modified Russian Il-76 cargo plane which boasts four engines and a radar dome – which makes up its odd looking frontage. North Korea also unveiled new airborne early warning aircraft.
Earlier this month three North Koreans were tied to stakes and riddled with bullets in a grim public execution in front of terrified villagers after they tried to flee the country. The three men were each blasted with ninety bullets before their bodies were set ablaze as horrified locals, including children, watched on in the village of Songjong-ri.
The trio faced a gruesome execution after they attempted to flee to the South. They were identified as two brothers with the surname Kim and their friend Ri, all in their 30s.
The group had spent months planning their escape, pooling their meagre savings together on January 6 to buy a small boat before setting sail in dense fog, desperate to reach the ‘democratic’ safety of South Korea .
When the group mistakenly believed a passing ship to be a South Korean fishing boat and cried out for help, they were intercepted by a North Korean patrol boat and swiftly arrested.
Eyewitnesses spoke of the chilling process, saying the men were dragged out, blindfolded and gagged, then bound so tightly they needed six restraints each just so their weakened bodies would stay held in place.
A resident from the northwestern province of North Pyongan who saw the execution on a trip to South Hwanghae, told Radio Free Asia. They added: “Usually, those who are executed are tied to the stake in three places: the neck, the torso, and the legs.
“This time, they were so weakened by severe torture that they had to be bound in six sections because they could not support their own bodies.”
