The U.S. Ministry of Defense’s Intelligence Service reported that Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles to strike Ukraine.

This conclusion was drawn after comparing missile debris found in Kharkiv on January 2 with images from North Korean state media, noting similarities in specific missile components.

U.N. experts confirmed that the debris originated from a North Korean Hwasong-11 missile, indicating Russia’s violation of the ongoing arms embargo.

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    • @[email protected]
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      104 months ago

      It matters on a geopolitical scale when it comes to logistics and weapons procurement. South Korea has an enormous production capability when it comes to military industries. They currently have the largest output capacity for tanks, and we’re talking about modern technologically advanced tanks, not cold war era relics.

      They’ve also been ramping up their supply chains to focus on things like artillery shell production and naval vessel production. However, they currently have a law that prevents them from supplying weapons to nations actively engaged in a war. But, that law has a clause that allows them to ignore the mandate if North Korea is involved in the conflict.

      Legally roping North Korea into the conflict could solve a lot of supply problems for the west. If that doesn’t work, the next option would be to sway public opinion enough in South Korea that they change the prior legislation.

    • lurch (he/him)
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      94 months ago

      It also means NK can probably be sanctioned more, because they are the supplier and their economy isn’t doing so well as is

      • brianorca
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        34 months ago

        I’m not sure there is any more the hermit kingdom can be sanctioned, other than getting Russia and China to actually honor the existing sanctions. (Ha!)

      • @[email protected]
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        34 months ago

        Did people think they were supplying missiles to Russia with a moratorium on them being used in Ukraine?

  • @CheapFrottage
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    274 months ago

    Much like Israel used US missiles to kill people in Palestine, no?

        • applepie
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          44 months ago

          By who?

          Either highly doubtful, us gave Israel a blank check for the removal of Palestinians from Gaza.

            • applepie
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              54 months ago

              I do think that israel will pay for this degeneracy in medium to long term. The world took notice.

              With that said, they will finish what they started because US allows it and the world community will need to do their job and Israel hold israel accoutable for the war crimes.

              There is but so much dark money lobbying will do when public opinion has turned and fake news can’t spin the facts anymore.

  • @[email protected]
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    74 months ago

    So, did they push it across the border and detonate it, or did they actually get it to fly this time?

  • applepie
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    34 months ago

    Well, I guess we can now give Ukraine rockets to strike within Russia?! Right?