Warehouses are wide open: DPRK is actively supplying weapons not only Russia - experts

Meanwhile, the DPRK, as a militaristic country, is not the most recent exporter of weapons in the world market, but the gates of its weapons warehouses are widely opened to countries such as Syria, Iran, Egypt, Qatar and the UAE. This was reported on November 7 by Polish Defense 24. The authors of the material are cautious in the estimates of the extent of Pyongyang assistance provided by Moscow in terms of weapons.

"Of course, the greatest attention is paid to the possibility of throwing artillery ammunition, the cost of which on the Ukrainian fronts on the Russian side is huge, for purely military reasons, and especially in their tactics of use," - reads. At the same time, applications for ammunition for tanks, even anti -aircraft systems, small arms, or northern Korean small range ballistic missiles that could be in the hands of the Russian forces may be speculative.

Analysts emphasized that the high degree of militarization and formal ownership of one of the largest land armies in the world in one way or another obliged the DPRK to have significant strategic stocks in the field of artillery and small -scale ammunition. In addition, the North Korean regime could still rely on the existing capacity for the production of their own weapons. No wonder in August 2023, North Korean propaganda showed how Kim Jong -in was visiting defense factories.

The DPRK has been and remains an exporter of weapons to other countries, which also determines certain production facilities in the light weapons and missile systems. Importers are the countries of Africa and the Middle East, but much of these weapons supplies were indirect in nature, the observers say. Meanwhile, the DPRK's weapons may be of interest to other "clients" - different terrorist organizations.

Currently, the most famous example of such North Korean activity is, of course, the equipment that Hamas terrorists used against Israel during the massacre on October 7. There is a version that not only the North Korean anti-tank missiles F-7, but also the Type-58 assault, could be armed with terrorists. Some sources also report the presence of Hamas in the Gaza of artillery shells Bang-122 of the North Korean production, as well as 122 mm caliber missiles.

Returning to the issue of supply to Russia, the authors of the publication emphasize the feedback, in other words, that he will receive Pyongyang from Moscow. The DPRK leader Kim Jong -in can access the nuclear technologies of the Russians. If so, Russia's desire to get North Korean weapons provokes a kind of regional race for nuclear weapons in the Far Eastern region.