A South Korean military spokesperson told the Yonhap news agency that more analysis was needed to determine if Russia had directly provided the North with the weapons. The spokesperson noted the gifting of drones in the past. While the lion’s share of attention on North Korea’s illicit weapons production has focused on its long-range missiles intended to deliver nuclear bombs to the continental United States, Kim has also ordered a massive expansion of a variety of conventional and nuclear-capable autonomous weapons that could also endanger South Korean and Japanese forces.
