North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country to quickly start mass producing self-detonating explosive drones, calling their development an “essential requirement,” after overseeing a test of the deadly aerial weapon,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered a mass production of the aerial weapon, saying the introduction of such drones around the world requires an urgent update of military theory,

Kim Jong Un watched a test of suicide drones and wants production of the aerial weapons ramped up. North Korea's latest military operation came as the US, South Korea and Japan engaged in combined military exercises.