According to a statement made by a former intelligence agent, North Korea has initiated a military modernization program. This initiative, as reported by The Korea Times, is said to involve the repurposing of hundreds of antiquated fighter jets into kamikaze drones.
Choe Su-Yong, a former operative of the National Intelligence Service [NIS], has been reported to assert,
“These unmanned suicide drones are intended to target and strike at the heart of South Korea’s primary industrial and infrastructure installations.”
In the realm of military and political affairs, it has been divulged by a credible agent that North Korea, in a strategically significant move, is endeavoring to repurpose Soviet-era warplanes. The intent behind this maneuver is to transform these aviation relics into state-of-the-art, precision-guided kamikaze drones, thereby amplifying their warfare capabilities.
In stark contrast to conventional military drones, which are remotely piloted and capable of returning to their base post-deployment of ordinance, suicide drones are engineered with a singular, terminal purpose: to strike and subsequently detonate. Depending on the model, these so-called ‘kamikaze’ drones can be equipped with an assortment of explosive payloads and missiles.
“Indeed, it has been a considerable duration during which the South Korean military has been diligently preparing to counteract this type of military menace,” the agent elucidated.
According to an assessment by the esteemed US Defense Intelligence Agency, it is estimated that the military arsenal of North Korea boasts more than 900 combat aircraft. However, it is noteworthy to mention that a significant proportion of these aircraft are bereft of modern technology, rendering them conspicuously outmoded.
In the year 1950, it is widely believed that the Soviets introduced approximately 750 aircraft models. Among these, around 400 are speculated to be of the MiG-15 variant, while the remaining 350 are considered to be the MiG-17, -19, and -21 series.
Photo: Croatian MiG-21
Source: Bulgarian Military