North Korean UAVs

[sahureka]

 

[yahya]

Cyberspec News

Meanwhile, in North Korea, new ultra-modern, heavy drones and an AWACS aircraft have appeared. Aircraft of this class are designed for reconnaissance and monitoring of airspace in flight, due to which the surveillance radius increases. For example, the Russian A-50U is capable of detecting a...

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[Sineva]

The DPRK tests some new attack drones

And heres the one we see in the bottom of the rh corner

Theres a gallery of pics of various attack drones but sadly they`ve all been pixilated
https://www.sankei.com/gallery/20250327-SJIJ7NJU4FAEJBBDJBOKVB3V7I/

 

[sahureka]

With the possibility of them making a turboprop powerplant for fixed wing aircraft, I was curious to see what their turboprop modified Yak-18/CJ-5 might look like.
And then I also played with the images with the CJ-6 (which some sources indicate as being available from the DPRK)
... Again, it's just out of curiosity
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Idea already realized by Myanmar with the MTX-1B derived from the CJ-6 with turboprop engine.
Knowing the collaboration already realized in the past, it could also be taken into consideration by the DPRK

 

[Geo]

Idea already realized by Myanmar with the MTX-1B derived from the CJ-6 with turboprop engine.
Knowing the collaboration already realized in the past, it could also be taken into consideration by the DPRK

Interesting.

 

[KUMA]

I made a simple speculation about Saetbyol-4 before, but the previous speculation only considered the nozzle details of the engine, but did not analyze the specific size and engine installation position.
This time, based on the multi-angle photos of the newly modified Saetbyol-4, I made a simple guess about the size and engine inlet position.
The new forecast shows that North Korea may have cut the original engine short, and they may have removed or cut the afterburner of the original engine and continued to use the original nozzle system.

 

[KUMA]

I made a simple speculation about Saetbyol-4 before, but the previous speculation only considered the nozzle details of the engine, but did not analyze the specific size and engine installation position.
This time, based on the multi-angle photos of the newly modified Saetbyol-4, I made a simple guess about the size and engine inlet position.
The new forecast shows that North Korea may have cut the original engine short, and they may have removed or cut the afterburner of the original engine and continued to use the original nozzle system.
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It is worth mentioning that according to my analysis, the engine accessory gearbox can be directly maintained after the skin on the side of the engine compartment is removed.