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Oops! Russia Accidently Destroys North Korean Air Defense in Kursk
I’ve written in the past about the Russian military’s lack of discipline, commitment, and skill on the battlefield.
In the US Army, we held these three concepts as the foundation of warfighting.
Now, Russia has given us a perfect example of how weakness in (any) one of those results in battlefield losses — in this case, fratricide.
But let’s not get too serious here. This is a funny story — especially if you support Ukraine…
On January 10, 2025, the Russian Telegram channel Voenacher proudly announced yet another “triumph” in its precision warfare campaign, claiming to have obliterated a “Western-made radar station” in the Kursk region using an FPV drone.
What they didn’t mention is that their so-called enemy was actually a North Korean surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
Yes, — Russia bombed its own ally’s hardware. Cue the laugh track.
The misidentified target was none other than the Tor-NK, a North Korean knockoff of Russia’s own Tor system.
First unveiled in Pyongyang during the 75th-anniversary parade of the Workers’ Party of Korea in 2020, this clunky, semi-trailer-mounted SAM was never meant to be a sitting duck for Russian drones.
