. North Korea has tested a new type of high-speed torpedo that can use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify targets and determine the path of an attack. This indicates that the arms race on the Korean Peninsula will intensify.
According to North Korea’TAG_OPEN_div_26 s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the ‘Super-Speed Jam-2.0’ torpedo was tested underwater on Thursday. Pyongyang said it had conducted more than 180 tests in the development of the system over the past five years.
According to analysts, the support that Moscow could receive for sending troops to help Russia in its war against Ukraine could accelerate the development of North Korea’s weapons technology. Pyongyang announced just a few days ago that it had tested two types of cruise missiles from a submarine.
According to Lim Yul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University, AI can help torpedoes distinguish between real targets and simulated targets used to deceive. He said North Korea is increasing its investment in the development of torpedoes and submarine-launched weapons aimed at neutralizing U.S. strategic military tools.TAG_OPEN_div_22
TAG_OPEN_div_20 Earlier this month, North Korea said it had tested a medium-range hypersonic missile with the help of AI. A few days later, South Korea also tested a hypersonic glide vehicle. A hypersonic missile that can fly at five times the speed of sound and change direction during flight is considered difficult to detect and intercept.
North Korea claimed that South Korea’s test may have failed to achieve hypersonic flights, which Seoul denied. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in September called for increased use of AI in the country’s weapons systems.
There is also talk of a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China in November. According to Yang Moo-jin, a former president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, North Korea may be trying to show that its weapons program is more advanced than South Korea’s ahead of a potential summit.
But it may take more time for North Korea to develop a torpedo system, Yang said. When moving underwater at high speeds, torpedoes produce loud noises, so they are easy to detect. Reducing such noise is a major technical challenge and requires advanced technology, he said.TAG_OPEN_div_14
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