North Korea Unveils New AWACS Platform, Large UAS

North Korean AWACS

North Korean state media footage of the country's first Il-76 is shown in South Korea.

Credit: SOPA Images/Alamy
North Korea has unveiled its airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft and an improved version of the Saetbyol-4 high-altitude uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). Previously, imagery of these aircraft was available only via satellite, but state media released photographs as North Korean leader...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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