N. Korea Developing Unmanned Attack Aircraft From U.s. Drones:

[Mr. T]

N. Korea Developing Unmanned Attack Aircraft From U.S. Drones: Source

 

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using U.S. target drones purchased from the Middle East, a military source in Seoul said Sunday, indicating the aircraft will likely target the South.

 

"North Korea recently bought several U.S. MQM-107D Streakers from a Middle Eastern nation that appears to be Syria, and is developing unmanned attack aircraft based on them," the source said on condition of anonymity.

 

The MQM-107D Streaker is a high-speed target drone used by the U.S. and South Korean militaries for testing guided missiles.

 

North Korea has conducted numerous tests on high-speed target drones mounted with high explosives, but has yet to master the technology, the source said, citing South Korean intelligence sources.

 

If it succeeds in developing the attack aircraft, the North appears likely to deploy them near the inter-Korean border to target South Korean troops stationed on border islands in the Yellow Sea

 

[osusev]

Not real ground breaking.

 

South Korea and most of the developed world has had high speed, remote controlled miniaturized air craft as well as sea and land.

 

Russia is the interesting player here as a major weapons/tech supplier to Syria as well as China..... so the countries still pulling the strings are the same ones we have been in "cold wars" with for years.

 

Russia and China..... same players, same results and frankly we do the exact same thing.