The reappearance of North Korea's cutting-edge drones

Both were formally revealed during the Weapons and Equipment Exhibition 2023 July 26, 2023, attended by Kim and Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. Shoigu was visiting Pyongyang to further military cooperation between the two countries and to secure more North Korean-made armaments for use in Moscow’s war in Ukraine. As we noted in our original report, the precise capabilities of these North Korean drones was very much unclear and few details have emerged since.