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[Kokavkrystallos]

A couple things on N. Korea:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/05/russia-putin-north-korea-weapons-sanctions/

For the past 14 years, a panel of United Nations experts has regularly reported on North Korea’s expanding nuclear and missile programs and its efforts to defy U.N. Security Council sanctions. Their latest report, on March 7, offers 615 pages on North Korea’s activities, including 58 suspected cyberattacks on cryptocurrency-related companies between 2017 and 2023, netting about $3 billion to fund development of weapons of mass destruction. But now these eyes and ears have been removed.
In a U.N. Security Council vote on March 28, Russia vetoed an extension of the panel’s work, which it had previously supported. China abstained, and 13 other members voted for it. As a result, the panel that monitored the sanctions against North Korea is to expire at the end of this month, and the rest of the world will know even less than it does now about North Korea’s quest.
This was a gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, undermining sanctions that the United Nations has imposed in recent years. More than that, it suggests yet another setback — again, perpetrated by Russia — to the post-Cold War struggle to curtail the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

[The vessel atop this missile appears to be a hypersonic delivery system]

US concerned with North Korea getting rare chance to test its weaponry in combat in Ukraine​

Moscow's use of North Korean missiles in its attacks on Ukraine gives Pyongyang a unique chance to put its weapons to the test in combat and learn lessons that could improve their effectiveness.

Source: Bloomberg, citing US General Charles Flynn, Commander of the US Pacific Army, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Russian strikes on Ukraine provide North Korea with valuable information on technical issues, procedures and the munitions themselves.

"I don’t believe that in my recent memory that the North Korean military has had a battlefield laboratory quite like the Russians are affording them to have in Ukraine," General Charles Flynn said during a visit to the large US Army garrison at Humphreys, roughly 80 kilometres south of Seoul.

The general stressed that the US will monitor the situation closely.

Flynn explained that a huge concern for him and others is that North Korea could learn something about its weapons that it would not have had access to in the absence of a war such as the one in Ukraine.

US concerned that North Korea is getting rare chance to test its weaponry in combat in Ukraine

Moscow’s use of North Korean missiles in its attacks on Ukraine gives Pyongyang a unique chance to put its weapons to the test in combat and learn lessons that could improve their effectiveness.

www.pravda.com.ua

 

[AlexB23]

A couple things on N. Korea:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/05/russia-putin-north-korea-weapons-sanctions/

For the past 14 years, a panel of United Nations experts has regularly reported on North Korea’s expanding nuclear and missile programs and its efforts to defy U.N. Security Council sanctions. Their latest report, on March 7, offers 615 pages on North Korea’s activities, including 58 suspected cyberattacks on cryptocurrency-related companies between 2017 and 2023, netting about $3 billion to fund development of weapons of mass destruction. But now these eyes and ears have been removed.
In a U.N. Security Council vote on March 28, Russia vetoed an extension of the panel’s work, which it had previously supported. China abstained, and 13 other members voted for it. As a result, the panel that monitored the sanctions against North Korea is to expire at the end of this month, and the rest of the world will know even less than it does now about North Korea’s quest.
This was a gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, undermining sanctions that the United Nations has imposed in recent years. More than that, it suggests yet another setback — again, perpetrated by Russia — to the post-Cold War struggle to curtail the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

[The vessel atop this missile appears to be a hypersonic delivery system]

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US concerned with North Korea getting rare chance to test its weaponry in combat in Ukraine​

Moscow's use of North Korean missiles in its attacks on Ukraine gives Pyongyang a unique chance to put its weapons to the test in combat and learn lessons that could improve their effectiveness.

Source: Bloomberg, citing US General Charles Flynn, Commander of the US Pacific Army, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Russian strikes on Ukraine provide North Korea with valuable information on technical issues, procedures and the munitions themselves.

"I don’t believe that in my recent memory that the North Korean military has had a battlefield laboratory quite like the Russians are affording them to have in Ukraine," General Charles Flynn said during a visit to the large US Army garrison at Humphreys, roughly 80 kilometres south of Seoul.

The general stressed that the US will monitor the situation closely.

Flynn explained that a huge concern for him and others is that North Korea could learn something about its weapons that it would not have had access to in the absence of a war such as the one in Ukraine.

US concerned that North Korea is getting rare chance to test its weaponry in combat in Ukraine

Moscow’s use of North Korean missiles in its attacks on Ukraine gives Pyongyang a unique chance to put its weapons to the test in combat and learn lessons that could improve their effectiveness.

www.pravda.com.ua

It is awful what North Korean government is trying to do. Kim Jong Un is trying to destabilize the world.


I found another article that says that North Korea wants to test more missiles, and launch satellites into space (North Korea fires an intermediate-range missile into its eastern waters, South Korea says). Here is the summary of that article:

The article by Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, published on April 2, 2024, reports that North Korea had test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) towards the waters off its eastern coast. The South Korean military confirmed this, stating that the missile was launched from an area near Pyongyang and flew about 600 kilometers (372 miles) before landing in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

The Japanese Defense Ministry provided more details, stating that the missile reached a maximum altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles) and flew about 650 kilometers (403 miles) before landing outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. The South Korean military believed that the North Koreans were likely experimenting with new warhead technologies, while the Japanese Defense Ministry did not immediately specify whether it assessed the missile as an IRBM or something else.

This launch followed North Korea's test of a solid-fuel engine for a new intermediate-range hypersonic missile in March, which could potentially reach the U.S. Pacific military hub of Guam and beyond if perfected. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lee Sung Joon, did not specify whether the missile was flown at less than its capacity but stated that it could be an IRBM.

South Korea, the United States, and Japan conducted a combined aerial exercise above waters near Jeju island in response to the launch, which involved at least one nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 bomber and their fighter jets. The United States has been increasing its deployment of strategic assets to the region, including aircraft carriers and missile-firing submarines, as a show of force against North Korea.

The tensions in the region have risen since 2022 due to North Korea's accelerated testing of missiles and other weapons, including hypersonic missiles and cruise missiles, aimed at overwhelming its adversaries' missile defense systems. Kim Jong Un has vowed to acquire these weapons and described satellites as crucial for monitoring U.S. and South Korean military movements and enhancing the threat of his nuclear-capable missiles.

The latest launch came just two days after North Korea reaffirmed its plans to launch several reconnaissance satellites this year. Kim has been focusing on developing more weapons with built-in solid propellants, which are easier to move and hide and can be made to launch quicker than liquid-propellant missiles. The article concludes by expressing concerns that North Korea could further dial up pressure in an election year in the United States and South Korea.

 

[Kokavkrystallos]

All it will take is one incident with S Korea over the border and full scale war could ensue. That could also easily drag US into it, then China, Russia, etc.
Given America's moral condition being as the days of Noah and the days of Lot in Sodom, I have no doubt Kim could get a nuke through despite all our defenses. Besides, we let a Chinese spy balloon fly right over!

 

[essentialsaltes]

US concerned with North Korea getting rare chance to test its weaponry in combat in Ukraine​

Moscow's use of North Korean missiles in its attacks on Ukraine gives Pyongyang a unique chance to put its weapons to the test in combat and learn lessons that could improve their effectiveness.

Ukraine: Russian-launched North Korean missiles explode mid-air

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has disclosed that approximately half of the North Korean missiles fired by Russia toward Ukraine from December to February 2024 detonated in the atmosphere.

First NK attacks the Sea of Japan, now the Air of Ukraine

 

[AlexB23]

Ukraine: Russian-launched North Korean missiles explode mid-air

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has disclosed that approximately half of the North Korean missiles fired by Russia toward Ukraine from December to February 2024 detonated in the atmosphere.

First NK attacks the Sea of Japan, now the Air of Ukraine

Dang, this sounds scary. At least the missiles did not touch the ground. Two dictators can sadly determine the fate of millions of lives.

 

[Kokavkrystallos]

It's because they don't have access to American made DUCT TAPE to seal their missiles so they don't blow up in flight...