North Korea test-fires missile as tensions grow over border mine blasts
Kim Yo Jong said the missile used artificial intelligence and could change course at low altitude, while North Korea said the drill trained hypersonic weapon troops.
- On Saturday, North Korea launched a ballistic missile from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea, which flew more than 700 kilometers, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Tensions escalated following a September 21 landmine blast in the Demilitarized Zone that injured three South Korean soldiers, after which Pyongyang rejected responsibility and called South Korea "despicable."
- Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, claimed the intermediate-range strategic missile used artificial intelligence and a "wave-like trajectory mode" to evade tracking, stating "there is no way to avoid this attack."
- Emergency security meetings convened in Seoul, while the South Korean military increased surveillance and readiness alongside the United States and Japan to monitor for potential additional tests.
- Since designating South Korea his "principal enemy" in 2024, leader Kim Jong Un has accelerated border fortification efforts, part of a broader trend of increased live-fire exercises and missile tests this year.
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North Korea claimed to have tested an intermediate-range strategic missile incorporating artificial intelligence, which fell back into the sea after 700 kilometres of flight.This shot comes in a climate of strong...
As Kim Jong-un's sister announced during the weekend, North Korea would be on the verge of developing an AI-doped missile. Capable of changing its low-altitude flight path, it would be mostly very complicated to avoid it.
Kim Jong Un Oversees North Korea AI Missile Test, Pyongyang Claims Defence-Evading Capability
Kim Jong Un oversaw North Korea’s AI-guided missile test in Wonsan, with Pyongyang claiming the weapon can change course mid-flight and evade defences. South Korea said its and US systems can detect and counter it.
North Korea tested a missile on Saturday that, according to Pyongyang, can not only change course but also uses artificial intelligence. Kim Jong-un personally supervised the test. His influential sister Kim Yo-jong described the projectile as a “strategic weapon”. That term wor...
According to Kim Jong-un's regime, the projectiles have an accuracy with a margin of error of less than 30 centimeters.
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