Nothing says winning quite like receiving aid from North Korea. If you ever find yourself in a situation where North Korea is in a position to give you something useful, you should think long and hard about the decisions that have brought you to that point.
You’re joking, sure… but due to the high tensions with South Korea, North Korea has an insane stockpile of conventional weapons and a large capacity to make more. These arms are likely being traded for oil, consumer goods and food - all of which North Korea has historically had shortages of (since so much of their economy is militarily focused).
Additionally, NK got significant military aide from the USSR so their artillery gauges are actually compatible with Russian equipment both for historical stockpiles and domestically produced.
NK has 152mm and 122mm howitzers compatible with Russian artillery, but also mixed bag of other calibers. But how much of which calibers they have is unclear.
I doubt they trade the weapons/ammo for consumer goods, I assume it’s a trade for Russian weapon technology.
I mean, you couldn’t be more right. This is aid-point zero.
This conflict couldn’t be more zany if it tried. Russia will be asking the moon for aid next. At least India have got something up there which Russia could steal, melt down and make into an Arquebus or something.
The article seemed to state Russia was also sending Korea weapons. Seems like a trade, not just aid.
Kirby said, “we have already observed Russian ships offloading containers” that “may constitute an initial delivery of weapons from Russia” to North Korea.
Nothing says winning quite like receiving aid from North Korea. If you ever find yourself in a situation where North Korea is in a position to give you something useful, you should think long and hard about the decisions that have brought you to that point.
You’re joking, sure… but due to the high tensions with South Korea, North Korea has an insane stockpile of conventional weapons and a large capacity to make more. These arms are likely being traded for oil, consumer goods and food - all of which North Korea has historically had shortages of (since so much of their economy is militarily focused).
Additionally, NK got significant military aide from the USSR so their artillery gauges are actually compatible with Russian equipment both for historical stockpiles and domestically produced.
NK has 152mm and 122mm howitzers compatible with Russian artillery, but also mixed bag of other calibers. But how much of which calibers they have is unclear.
I doubt they trade the weapons/ammo for consumer goods, I assume it’s a trade for Russian weapon technology.
I mean, you couldn’t be more right. This is aid-point zero.
This conflict couldn’t be more zany if it tried. Russia will be asking the moon for aid next. At least India have got something up there which Russia could steal, melt down and make into an Arquebus or something.
You been playing Humankind?
Only the real-life version
The article seemed to state Russia was also sending Korea weapons. Seems like a trade, not just aid.
“Yes these weapons totally work. They absolutely will not fail like the other ones we used in Ukraine”
Lol it was probably just containers of gas or oil or minerals. Russia doesn’t have much left to bargain with at this point
Yessir, we’ve seen the kinds of weapons they have.