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"US national security council official John Kirby noted on August 30 that arms
transfer negotiations between North Korea and Russia are “actively advancing”
as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, seeks to feed his war machine.
Under an array of western-led sanctions, Russia and its military contractor,
the Wagner Group, have already allegedly turned to Pyongyang for artillery
shells and what has been reported as “infantry rockets and missiles” in the
past year.
While these sales and a flourishing business relationship with North Korea may
have an important impact on the battlefields of Ukraine, my research on North
Korea’s arms trading and procurement networks suggests that the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is likely to seek technology from Russia in
exchange. This would be a huge boost to the DPRK’s weapons programmes and, at
the same time, greatly to the detriment of the UN sanctions regime that seeks
to limit those programmes."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
