North Korean Government Published Book on Military Power
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Great find @Bogeyman
Interesting read.
Slightly greater elaboration on some of these systems would have been of interest.
I can see a few Russian systems from a quick glance. The Iskander ballistic missile (or its domestic North Korean derivative) is easy to spot. There may be a few other foreign origin or foreign derived systems despite proclamation to the contrary in that booklet.
Interesting that with a much smaller population, relatively worse geostrategic location, the hermit kingdom that is isolated and cut off from much of the world has attained more than Iran in developing nuclear bombs, supposedly hydrogen bombs (as the booklet confirms) and multiple varieties of land based and sea based inter continental ballistic missiles.
Impressive performance irrespective of the level of indigenous content in the development and production of those systems.
Good work @Bogeyman
I wonder if North Korea will begin to market these weapons to other regimes similarly sanctioned, embargoed or isolated? Regimes in Syria, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Myanmar or some African countries maybe? And militant factions such as Hizballah in Lebanon, Houthis in Yemen, various Iran-leaning Shia factions in Iraq.
I wonder if Pakistan can collaborate closely with North Korea and help Turkey attain strategic independence by acting as a very trusted intermediary.
Certainly, a Turkey with an arsenal of adequate number of hydrogen bombs, a variety of intercontinental ranged ballistic missiles that can be launched from sea or land will act with less restraint and be more successful in pursuing its geopolitical interests in its immediate vicinity.
Interesting read.
Slightly greater elaboration on some of these systems would have been of interest.
I can see a few Russian systems from a quick glance. The Iskander ballistic missile (or its domestic North Korean derivative) is easy to spot. There may be a few other foreign origin or foreign derived systems despite proclamation to the contrary in that booklet.
Interesting that with a much smaller population, relatively worse geostrategic location, the hermit kingdom that is isolated and cut off from much of the world has attained more than Iran in developing nuclear bombs, supposedly hydrogen bombs (as the booklet confirms) and multiple varieties of land based and sea based inter continental ballistic missiles.
Impressive performance irrespective of the level of indigenous content in the development and production of those systems.
Good work @Bogeyman
I wonder if North Korea will begin to market these weapons to other regimes similarly sanctioned, embargoed or isolated? Regimes in Syria, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Myanmar or some African countries maybe? And militant factions such as Hizballah in Lebanon, Houthis in Yemen, various Iran-leaning Shia factions in Iraq.
I wonder if Pakistan can collaborate closely with North Korea and help Turkey attain strategic independence by acting as a very trusted intermediary.
Certainly, a Turkey with an arsenal of adequate number of hydrogen bombs, a variety of intercontinental ranged ballistic missiles that can be launched from sea or land will act with less restraint and be more successful in pursuing its geopolitical interests in its immediate vicinity.
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Without doubt there was an exchange and cooperation of nuclear and missile technology between Iran and North Korea. IMO Iran designed and simulated a bomb in the project 'Imad' which was finished in 2003 and traded that for the burden of nuke testing by the Koreans and some of the Korean missile technology.
