Russia, using the DPRK missiles, reveals North Korea's military secrets - Newsweek

At the beginning of 2024, the White House stated that the Russian Federation began to use ballistic missiles and launchers obtained from North Korea against Ukraine. "Our information indicates that the DPRK has recently provided Russia's launching launches and several ballistic missiles," said a spokesman for national security Council, John Kirby.

Later, the US was extinguished that the Russian Federation used to strike in Ukraine on December 30, 2023 and January 2, 2024, the DPRK ballistic missiles. "The use of Russian Ballistic Missiles in Ukraine also gives the DPRK valuable technical and military information," the statement reads. According to Fabian Ginz, a researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the deployment of North Korean missiles in Ukraine can receive a lot of information and intelligence.

"North Korea missile program is shrouded by mystery, and Western intelligence is likely to know much less about Pyongyan's missile development than Iran countries. Even without the study of rocket fragments, you can learn a lot about the rocket flight profile, including their range, how they are. They fly, and how effective is Western air defense against them, "he said Newsweek.

He noted that, on this basis, it was possible to develop and improve Western production systems such as Patriot to combat this threat. "Their use in Ukraine can also be useful for determining the quality of North Korean production of rockets, how accurate missiles in combat conditions. Missing the wreckage of the missile, you could also open details about how the guidance system works, how improved it is, as well as missile information ", - said Ginz.

According to him, you can also evaluate the quality of electronics of the DPRK, its origin and supply chains, in particular whether intermediaries are involved in this. "Being able to look at them would be very valuable. It will help to determine how many foreign means Pyongyang receives for their missiles," the expert says.

A representative of South Korea to UN Hangan Zhong Cook at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday that Pyongyang used Ukraine as a "landfill to test his nuclear missiles". "The introduction of North Korean missiles into the war in Ukraine has a significant impact on the global non -proliferation of nuclear weapons," he added. In early January, foreign journalists wrote that Russia received ballistic missiles and launchers from North Korea.

According to John Kirby's White House Council Coordinator, the Russian Federation has already used these missiles to strikes in Ukraine. According to the representative of the GUR Ministry of Defense Andrei Yusov, North Korea handed Russia artillery shells, ammunition, shells for rocket launchers, mines. According to Russian lead-out Telegram channels, the Armed Forces fighters complain of "shortcomings" and "flights" of the North Korean ammunition and talk about the poor quality of gunpowder.