Drones, including kamikaze variations of the weapons, have featured prominently in the war in Ukraine — a fact that analysts say has not gone unnoticed by Kim. The provenance of the suicide drones and other UAVs involved in the weekend test was unclear, but the weapons appeared to resemble drones such as the Hero 30, manufactured by Israel's UVision, and the Lancet model made by Russia's Zala Aero Group. The similarities have raised suspicions that Moscow, which agreed to a wide-ranging defense pact with Pyongyang in June that includes military assistance, could be providing the North with the weapons or technology needed to build them.
