SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced the country’s air force will be equipped with ‘new strategic military assets’, state media said Sunday.

Kim made the announcement at an event marking the 80th anniversary of the North Korean air force on Friday, accompanied by his daughter Ju Ae, who is understood to be his recognised successor.

‘The Air Force will be given new strategic military assets and entrusted with a new important duty,’ he said in a speech without elaborating, according to state news agency KCNA.

‘The Air Force should resolutely repulse and control all sorts of espionage acts and possible military provocations of the enemies,’ he added.

State media photos showed Kim and his daughter watching what is appeared to be jets performing manoeuvres in the sky.

Pyongyang has not responded to offers by South Korea for talks aimed at avoiding accidental military clashes along the two countries’ shared border…”