PyongyangState media says a Zam-2.0 torpedo used AI guidance Thursday.
It follows North Korea’s submarine cruise-missile launch and AI-assisted hypersonic test this month.
Professor Lim Eul-chul says South Korea and the US use decoys that AI could help torpedoes see through.
Analyst Yang Moo-jin says fast torpedoes are noisy and easy to detect, and North Korea does not yet appear to have fixed that.
Donald Trump says he may meet Kim Jong Un on his Asia tour next month.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- Economic Times
- frames the torpedo as a shift in naval capability, with 180 prior tests and KCNA's own claims unverified
- The Korea Times
- adds the 5,000-ton Choe Hyon and Kang Kon destroyers and the 3,000-ton submarine cruise-missile launch as context for the naval shift
- The Manila times
- links the torpedo test to Kim's September push to raise AI in weapons and the earlier AI-assisted hypersonic launch
- The Japan Times
- TASS
- credits the torpedo's AI to 'scientists' and frames the test as a change in Navy practice, with no independent verification
Sources: The Korea Times, Economic Times, The Manila times, The Japan Times, TASS