Click to see full-size image. (The Korean Central News Agency)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected an “important” tank factory and touted “great progress in the core technology of Korean-style tanks,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on May 4.
The state-run news agency said that the leader stressed during the visit that producing cutting-edge tanks and armored vehicles is key to modernizing the military and reaching the ruling party’s plan for “the second revolution in armored force.”
Photos released by KCNA showed Kim inspecting a new version of the M2020 tank, which was first unveiled during a parade in 2020.
The previous versions of the tank had a mix design of the American M1 Abrams and the Russian T-14 Armata or Iranian Zulfiqar tank. However, the new one was equipped with a new armored package closer in design to South Korea’s K2 Black Panther.
The new version was also equipped with a new active protection system with rotating interceptor launchers, close in design to that of the Israeli Iron Fist.
Click to see full-size image. (The Korean Central News Agency)
Other photos showed Kim next to a KN-25 600 mm multiple rocket launcher, which is said to have a range of 380 kilometers and an accuracy close to 80 meters, as well as what appears to be the turret of an M2018 self-propelled howitzers.
Click to see full-size image. (The Korean Central News Agency)
Click to see full-size image. (The Korean Central News Agency)
North Korea has been working to modernize its conventional armed forces in addition to its nuclear and missile arsenals, amid heightened tensions with the South and the United States. Just last week, the country unveiled a new destroyer armed with more than 70 missiles.
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you see, kim wasn’t killed because he didn’t interfere in palestinian affairs. now, because they destroyed assad, the israelis will have to watch out for themselves so that their daughters are not sold by jolani in idlib. if this continues, putler will have to send troops to defend israel.
more proof , the usa / eu banker corporate mafia is not capable of world conquest . but they will try