The DPRK sells Katyusha rockets in the Russian Federation, and South Korea arms Poland - The Economist

According to journalists, Pyongyang also supplies to Moscow shells 152 mm. For his part, Seul in 2022 put Warsaw arms for $ 14. 5 billion. North Korea can put a wide list of weapons. These are KN-23 drones and missiles (practically a copy of the Russian ballistic missiles "Iskander"). Self -propelled howitzers and multiple rocket systems. Most of this year, Pyongyang was supplied by Moscow ammunition for Katyusha's Katyusha's 152 mm caliber missiles.

About it reports The Economist with reference to the data of American intelligence. The Kremlin purchases weapons from Pyongyan and Tehran, because these countries are under all sorts of sanctions and have nothing to lose. They are not so much the "axis of evil" as the rogue market, journalists say. And if the North Korean weapon industry received a momentum from a full -scale war in Ukraine, then in South Korea things went well before.

For five years by 2022 the country rose to the ninth place in the ranking of world exporters of the Stockholm International Institute for Peace Problems (SIPRI). By 2027, the country's government seeks to bring South Korea to the fourth place in the list of world's largest weapons exporters. Last year, Seoul sold arms for $ 17 billion, twice as much as a year earlier. The bulk of the contracts - by $ 14. 5 billion - was concluded with Poland.

According to Tom Voldwin, which represents the London International Institute for Strategic Studies, South Korea's success in the armed business is explained by competitive prices, high quality and fast delivery. The price is influenced by the efficiency of the Korean MIC. Quality - thanks to the experience of collaboration with the best American armed companies, as well as their own high -tech civilian sector. Fast delivery is explained by a constant threat from the north.