North Korea could also provide Russia with ballistic missiles
South Korean intelligence has found out that North Korea could provide Russia not only with artillery shells but also several types of missiles, including ballistic ones.
Source: European Pravda with reference to AP
Details: The South Korean military told reporters at a briefing on Thursday that North Korea may have sent Russia an "unspecified number" of short-range ballistic missiles, anti-tank missiles and man-portable anti-aircraft missiles, as well as rifles, rocket launchers, mortars and shells.
According to South Korean intelligence, North Korean enterprises are working at full capacity and mobilising the population to fulfil orders for Russian troops.
In exchange for the supply of shells and missiles, Moscow is likely to provide Pyongyang with technological assistance to launch a spy satellite into space. North Korea is also interested in receiving Russian nuclear technologies, the intelligence said.
Background:
- The day before, it was reported that North Korea, according to South Korea, provided Russia with more than a million artillery shells for use in the war against Ukraine and also sent advisers to Russia on the use of ammunition, enough for about two months.
- Pyongyang has one of the world's largest stockpiles of artillery shells and missiles compatible with Soviet-era weapons used by Russia in Ukraine. Cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow has intensified as both countries find themselves in global isolation, with Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin holding a summit in Russia in September.
- In October, the White House said Kim Jong Un’s regime had provided 1,000 containers of military equipment and ammunition to Russia.
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