July 8, 2020
Why North Korea's Clunker Air Force Could Still Be a Problem
Old, but working and armed.
by Kyle Mizokami
Key Point: Pyongyang's Air Force is full of outdated and bad planes. But they are still able to attack and cause damage.
North Korea’s Korean People's Army Air Force (KPAAF)—referred to as the Air and Anti-Air Force Command in South Korean documents—is not in the top ranks of the world’s air forces.
However, the North Korean forces are fanatically devoted to Kim Jong-Un and the Kim regime—which more resembles a Confucian monarchy with Stalinist stylings than Soviet-style communism. The regime’s survival is their survival, and thus the so-called Korean People’s Army is a dedicated to their supreme leader and is likely to put up a fanatical defense in the event of a renewed war.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-north-koreas-clunker-air-force-could-still-be-problem-164324
