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North Korea’s military recently created a new department tasked with boosting the use of AI technology for national defense, Daily NK has learned.<\/p>\n

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily NK source in the North Korean military said Thursday that the General Staff Department\u2019s Combat Training Bureau \u201ccreated a new subordinate department called the Electronic Warfare and AI Operation Command in late March, which has been filled with capable technical people in the national defense and military sectors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the source, the new department\u2019s operational goal is to improve the nation\u2019s arsenal of modernized electronic weaponry and bolster the military\u2019s operational command capacity using AI technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accordingly, the department is working on developing and adopting AI-based electronic warfare support systems in cooperation with the defense ministry’s General Bureau of Equipment, the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, the department is drawing up plans to construct an AI-based electronic warfare support system by developing programs to automate data analysis and operational planning by late October. The goal is to use the system to improve the military\u2019s operational command capacity by enabling fast, accurate decisions during war.<\/span><\/p>\n

The General Staff Department believes the development of systems using AI technology is crucial to boosting the speed and efficiency of electronic warfare responses in wartime, the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The North Korean military\u2019s move appears geared to the growing importance of electronic warfare in modern combat. Essentially, the military is creating a basis to maximize its combat command capacity by developing programs that apply the latest technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe General Staff Department is emphasizing that the new department will play an important role in national defense,\u201d the source said. \u201cInternally, the department predicts that if the program development goes as planned, the operational and combat command organizations of some electronic warfare units could change before the start of winter training in December.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Please send any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n

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