Kim Jong-Un has personally overseen the test firing of so-called patrol robots, designed to attack both land and sea targets by striking them.
"He emphasized the need to develop a system for mass production and start full-scale mass production as soon as possible," writes KCNA.
Kim also claims that North Korea has recently focused on developing the unmanned systems.
Experts have, based on images from North Korea released in August, concluded that the drones resemble Israeli and Russian-made counterparts. North Korea may have gained access to the technology from Russia, which in turn may have obtained it from Iran. Iran is believed to have stolen the technology from Israel, reports AFP.
North Korea has, during the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, delivered significant quantities of weapons to Russia. Recently, North Korea has also sent soldiers to the Russian border region of Kursk. The two countries entered into a pact with mutual defense guarantees last summer.
