North Korea has made slow progress in recent months on building its first military drone airbase and remodeling a nearby factory, possibly for suicide drone production, pointing to a lack of urgency or resources shortages, according to NK Pro analysis.

Planet Labs satellite imagery shows that construction on seven large hangars at Panghyon Airbase largely stalled in early October, after excavation work started in June and framework structures were built in early August. 

They are likely for North Korea’s large new Saetbyol-9 combat UAV (with a 20-meter wingspan) and Saetbyol-4 reconnaissance UAV (35-meter wingspan