Kamikaze drones, bulletproof suit, undetectable clothes: the peculiar gifts Kim Jong-un received in Russia

The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Unconcluded this Sunday a six-day trip to Russia in which he met with the president Vladimir Putin. The trip caught the attention of the United States and its allies, who fear that Pyongyang and Moscow have reached an agreement on full arms deliveries. Russian offensive in Ukraine.

It has not been officially announced that this deal has been finalized. But the tour Kim had as its central axis the military topics. There was even a symbolic exchange of rifles with put on and a visit to the cosmodrome Vostochni is already one bomber factorydetailed the AFP agency.

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In the absence of official information about possible war pacts, Russian media reported the peculiar gifts that the leader of North Korea received by the Russian authorities.

Kim Jong-un greets during a farewell ceremony in Vladivostok, Primorsky region, Russia, on September 17, 2023. (EFE). (GOVERNMENT OF PRIMORSKY KRAI HAN/)

According to Russian state news agency TASS, Kim received from the scheme Vladimir Putin “five kamikaze drones [como los que Rusia emplea en su guerra contra Ucrania] and a reconnaissance drone Gerão-25 “vertical takeoff”.

Although it was not specified what type of drone kamikze received Kimit should be noted that Russia uses Lancet-3 in Ukrainemanufactured by ZALA Aero Group, a company belonging to the Kalashnikov Group.

Its unusual design consists of two pairs of X-shaped wings at the front of the fuselage and at the rear.

It can be used in both reconnaissance and attack missions. In Ukraine, it is used as a suicide drone.

According to the newspaper La Razón, being a relatively expensive system, Russia only uses them against high-value military targets.

He Lancet-3 uses an electric motor. It has a flight time of 40 minutes and a range of 40 kilometers. It prowls until it locks onto the target and launches itself at it to explode its 3-kilogram payload. Its speed is 110 kilometers per hour. Its maximum flight height is 5,000 meters.

Lancet-3, drone from Russia. (AFP).

That wasn’t the only gift Kim received. The governor of the Russian eastern region of Primoryeon the border with North Korea, “gave him a set of armor bullet proof” It is “special undetectable clothing thermal cameras”, said TASS.

The bulletproof suit “protects the chest, shoulders, throat and groin, and is much lighter than other known ones,” the Russian agency added.

Kim Jong-un receives instructions during his visit to an aircraft factory in the eastern Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. (AFP). (FOR/)

According to North Korean state agency KCNA, Kim was “deeply impressed” by the Russian aviation industry after visiting the Yuri Gagarin Aviation Factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Friday.

Kim has been to several facilities including fighter aircraft fuselage assembly workshop and a wing production workshop. He also climbed into the cockpit of an aircraft.

On Saturday, in the region of Primorye, Kim met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The meeting was in Vladivostok, the administrative center of that region.

Kim Jong-un shakes hands with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. (AFP). (FOR/)

At the meeting with Shoigu, Kim sought to “familiarize himself with Russia’s modern tactical-operational aircraft” and “inspected the frigate Shaposhnikovnaval missile systems with uranium and other Russian weapons”, indicated the local press.

Kim Jong-un listens to a presentation with the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Yevmenov, accompanied by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. (EFE).

Before leaving Russia on Sunday, Kim watched a walrus show at an aquarium.

Kim Jong-un visits the Vladivostok Maritime Territorial Aquarium, Russia, on September 17, 2023. (EFE).

So he went to the train station in Artemwhere to the sound of the Russian patriotic song Farewell to Slavianka (written in 1912 and used by Russian soldiers in the First and Second World Wars), he boarded the armored train that took him back to North Korea.

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Kim’s farewell was attended by Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, Alexandr Kozlov; the governor of the Maritime Territory Administration, Oleg Kozhemyako; Artyom Mayor Byacheslav Kwon; and the Russian ambassador to North Korea, Alexandr Matsegora, according to the North Korean news agency KCNA.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands during a meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome, in the Amur region, on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / AFP). (VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/)

Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin met on Wednesday at the cosmodrome Vostochni. The meeting lasted five hours. At the end of the meeting, the Russian president said that the North Korean leader showed “great interest” in space issues, as North Korea has made space technology a priority. He also assured that there is room for military cooperation.

In turn, Kim offered his support to Putin: “I will always be on Russia’s side” he said.

Kim Jong-un meeting with Vladimir Putin. (AFP).

According to the media U.S which cited intelligence sources, Kim would be willing to support Russia in the war in Ukraine with “millions” of anti-tank missiles and artillery ammunition, while North Korea would receive satellite technology or nuclear-powered submarines in exchangein addition to food aid.

North Korea may have tens of millions of artillery and rocket shells based on Soviet designs, which could reinforce Russia in Ukrainesay analysts cited by the AP news agency, who emphasize in any case that these old artillery systems have a reputation for being inaccurate.

It should be noted that the United Nations Security Council banned (with Russian support) North Korea export or import weapons, so a supposed agreement could illustrate the desperation of put onaccording to the experts mentioned, to strengthen its war in Ukraine.

“Military cooperation between North Korea and Russia is illegal and unfair, as it contravenes UN Security Council resolutions and other international sanctions,” South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol told AP on Sunday. “The international community will come together more closely in response to this situation,” he added.

The visit of Kim for Russia It is the longest trip he has made since he began ruling North Korea in 2011.

Source: Elcomercio