01 AUGUST 2023

by Akhil Kadidal

2023年8月1日

作者：阿克希尔·卡迪达尔

 

North Korea unveiled two new unmanned aerial vehicles. The development of these aircraft represent a significant capability enhancement for Pyongyang. The aircraft were shown with the KPAF emblem and serial numbers that suggest the likelihood that they have been inducted into service. (Janes)

朝鲜推出了两种新型无人机。这些飞机的研制对平壤来说是一次重大的能力提升。这架飞机上有朝鲜人民空军（KPAF）徽章和序列号，表明它们可能已经服役。（简氏）

 

North Korea has unveiled two new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which outwardly appear to resemble US-origin UAVs.

朝鲜推出了两种新型无人机，表面上看起来像美国原产的无人机。

 

The aircraft were shown on 26 July during the visit of Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the Weapons and Equipment Exhibition 2023 at the Armed Forces Hall in Pyongyang. The aircraft resemble the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper and the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk.

2023年7月26日，俄罗斯国防部长谢尔盖·绍伊古和朝鲜领导人金正恩访问了在平壤武装部队大厅举行的2023年武器装备展时展示了这些无人机。该无人机类似于通用原子航空系统公司（GA-ASI）MQ-9“收割者”和诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司RQ-4“全球鹰”。

 

According to the state-owned television, the larger of the two aircraft had been designated as a reconnaissance aircraft and the smaller Reaper-like UAV has been described as a multirole UAV.

据朝鲜官方电视台报道，两架飞机中较大的一架被指定为侦察机，较小的类似“收割者”的无人机被描述为多用途无人机。

 

Both models of UAVs carried the inscription‘조선인민군공군' (Korean People's Air Force: KPAF) on the sides of the fuselage. The two aircraft also had serial numbers painted on the sides – potentially indicating the aircraft are in service.

这两种型号的无人机都涂有“조선인민군공군' （朝鲜人民空军：KPAF）。这两架飞机的侧面还涂有序列号，这可能表明这些飞机正在服役。