North Korean air force faces resources, obsolescence issues: DIA
By Greg Waldron18 October 2021
A report from the USA’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) depicts the capabilities of the North Korean air force as marginal, with limited ability to project power beyond the isolated country’s borders.
The North Korea Military Report mainly focuses on Pyongyang’s efforts to develop ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads, which the regime of Kim Jong-un sees as offering an asymmetrical capability against the superior conventional forces of South Korea, Japan and the USA.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un with fighter pilots in 2019. The US Defense Intelligence Agency says the MiG-29 (pictured) is Pyongyang’s most capable type
“Pyongyang probably assesses its force as a whole cannot prevail in combat against the United States, given US forces’ overwhelming advantages in power projection, strategic air superiority, and precision-guided standoff strike capability,” says the DIA.
https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/north-korean-air-force-faces-resources-obsolescence-issues-dia/145955.article
