{"id":74970,"date":"2024-06-17T16:56:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T16:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/what-weapons-has-north-korea-already-supplied-to-russia\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T16:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T16:56:05","slug":"what-weapons-has-north-korea-already-supplied-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/what-weapons-has-north-korea-already-supplied-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"What Weapons Has North Korea Already Supplied to Russia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/17\/multimedia\/17russia-nk-weapons-cjtq\/17russia-nk-weapons-cjtq-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"What Weapons Has North Korea Already Supplied to Russia?\" title=\"What Weapons Has North Korea Already Supplied to Russia?\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will travel to North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday to meet with one of the main arms suppliers for his war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the war has dragged on, Russia has found itself in dire need of conventional weapons, including artillery shells, that North Korea could supply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here\u2019s some background on what has happened so far and why it matters.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-183640d0\">What do we know about earlier arms shipments?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The United States <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/05\/us\/politics\/russia-north-korea-artillery.html\" title=\"\">first accused<\/a> North Korea of selling artillery to Russia as far back as September 2022, seven months after the war started. At the time, North Korea denied the accusations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then, last August, the White House warned that Mr. Putin and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/08\/30\/world\/russia-ukraine-news\/high-level-discussions-may-continue-in-coming-months-al-white-house-spokesman-john-kirby-says?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">conducting arms negotiations<\/a>, and in September, Mr. Kim <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/04\/us\/politics\/putin-kim-meeting-russia-north-korea-weapons.html\" title=\"\">visited Mr. Putin in eastern Russia<\/a>. Just weeks later, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/13\/us\/politics\/north-korea-weapons-russia-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">U.S. officials said<\/a> that North Korea had shipped more than 1,000 containers of arms to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine. By March, officials said, North Korea had sent close to 7,000 containers of weapons to Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If filled with 152-millimeter artillery shells, the containers could carry as many as three million rounds, South Korea\u2019s defense minister said. Or, if filled with 122-millimeter rockets, they could hold more than half a million rounds. They could also have held a mix of both weapons, he said. In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-06-14\/kim-sent-russia-millions-of-artillery-shells-south-korea-says?embedded-checkout=true\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">his latest estimate<\/a>, the minister, Shin Wok-sik, last week put the number of North Korea shipping containers sent to Russia at 10,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Additionally, the White House said in January that Russia had begun launching ballistic missiles produced in North Korea. Arms control experts said that fragments of the short-range Hwasong-11A ballistic missile have been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/2024-03\/news\/russia-uses-north-korean-missiles-against-ukraine#:~:text=The%20White%20House%20said%20in,See%20ACT%2C%20November%202023.)\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">found in the aftermath of Russian airstrikes<\/a> on Ukrainian cities for months, including in Kharkiv in February. North Korea may also be supplying anti-tank missiles, and portable surface-to-air missiles, as well as rifles, rocket launchers, mortars and shells, South Korean military officials <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-russia-missiles-ammunitions-5fd4221d9c4844240011632fd9b9e849\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told journalists in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2a6003ce\">How important are these weapons?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The war in Ukraine is a war of attrition, with Russia and Ukraine trying to outgun each other, firing thousands of artillery shells, missiles and rockets every day. That means that all of the munitions that North Korea gives helps Russia maintain an edge over Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Hwasong-11A series missiles, in particular, have a high degree of precision and are difficult to shoot down, experts have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But at least some of the other weapons are thought to be old or otherwise somewhat ineffective. Last fall, the top U.S. military official at the time, Gen. Mark A. Milley, said he doubted it would be \u201cdecisive\u201d when asked if 152-milimeter rounds provided by North Korea would have a big impact on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWould it have a huge difference? I\u2019m skeptical of that,\u201d he said shortly before stepping down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/17\/us\/politics\/russia-north-korea-weapons-ukraine.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will travel to North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday to meet with one of the main arms suppliers for his war against Ukraine. As the war has dragged on, Russia has found itself in dire need of conventional weapons, including artillery shells, that North Korea could supply. 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