
The North Korean regime claims to have tested AI-guided missiles, while South Korea denies the effectiveness of the technology.
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North Korea conducted missile tests in eastern Wonsan. The use of artificial intelligence technology is alleged.
The North Korean regime has developed missiles "piloted by artificial intelligence" from which it is impossible to escape, as the regime itself has announced. This new technology was tested around the eastern coastal city of Wonsan early Saturday morning, where it flew more than 700 km, according to the South Korean military.
Artificial intelligence technology allows the missile to be "able to change its flight orbit at low altitude," revealed Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
"Through today's launch exercise, strategic missile soldiers have fully demonstrated their professional qualifications and counterattack posture," the dictator said after the launch, according to an English-language statement from North Korea's official KCNA news agency.
"We must continue our responsible efforts relentlessly so that the enemy constantly and repeatedly recognizes the reliability and lethality of our strategic offensive means," he added.
According to South Korea, the regime's claim is not real. "South Korea and the United States maintain a firm joint defense posture and consider that the missile recently launched by North Korea was within the detection and interception capabilities of the defensive systems operated by both allies," the South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"We urge North Korea to immediately cease actions that are escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula," the statement added, adding that the launch violated UN Security Council resolutions.
The KCNA report revealed the exact coordinates where the missile hit its target, a level of detail that analysts said reflected Pyongyang's "confidence."
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