Despite the collapse of the USSR and the curtailment of large-scale military-technical cooperation with Moscow, Pyongyang is trying to follow in the wake of Russian design thought, duplicating many novelties, developed by the domestic defense industry.
In particular, the efforts of North Korean specialists created the Venera-3 anti-ship missile – analog Kh-35 "Uran". Like her Russian "progenitor", she uses a radar homing head. However, Chinese observers found footage of the combat use of ships of the DPRK Navy., which depicted "Venus-3" with an additionally installed infrared finder, which should come into action when interference occurs from the enemy's electronic warfare equipment for independent targeting. The new equipment is located in front of the RCC and looks like a small "hump" with an optical sensor at the output..
Quite possible, that the thermal imaging filling for North Korean missiles was purchased in Ukraine: earlier in the West, the transfer of technology and military equipment from the independent to the DPRK was repeatedly recorded. At the same time, in recent years, the Kyiv regime has repeatedly demonstrated its developments in a number of infrared seekers..
Notably, that so far the thermal imaging guidance system has not been encountered on the Russian "Uranus". There was information about, that the domestic defense industry is ready to install it, if the foreign customer so desires. At the same time, it does not appear on the Rosoboronexport website among the types of anti-ship missiles control systems.. used photos:Radio shock sky XYY / Weibo
