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A Russian security scientist claimed that North Korea is providing Russia with its medium-range KN-15 nuclear missile system in response to film footage of what he claimed was a train passing through Russia.
North Korea is suspected of providing Russia with weapons to help its war of Ukraine. The North sent about 7, 000 arms tanks to Russia over the previous two months, according to South Korea, which brings the total amount of pots to 20, 000.
” Another tier with Asian technology discovered in the Tyumen area. Shown are 10 M1989 Koksan and presumably 4 Pukguksong-2 IRBMs ( 2500 km )”, said Andriy Tarasenko on his Telegram channel on Sunday, sharing a 19-second video as evidence.
M1989 Koksan refers to a North Korean self-propelled 170 mm artillery technique, while Pukguksong-2 is the North’s KN-15, a medium-range nuclear weapon ship.
The published picture, apparently filmed in northern Russia’s Tyumen area, shows a teach with freight cars, platforms with excavators, self-propelled artillery systems, and five recorded vehicles with a circular top.
When compared to the publicly accessible images of North Korean missile systems, the picture quality makes it difficult to identify the type of vehicles. However, they bear a striking resemblance to the KN-15 weapon program.
Radio Free Asia has not been able to independently verify the picture.
North Korea second check fired the KN-15 in February 2017. In Pyongyang in April of the same year, the system made its official album.
Although the ballistic missile’s maximum range in the KN-15 system is unknown, according to estimates from Western analysts, it would be about 2, 000 kilometers ( 1, 242 miles ) long.
During its first release, the North Korean government reported that the weapon reached an altitude of 550 meters, traveled about 500 meters, and landed in the sea to the east of Japan.
Russia currently operates North Korean Hwasong-11 short-range ballistic missile devices against Ukraine.
A North Vietnamese Hwasong-11 set ballistic missile was the source of dust, according to UN sanctions monitors who told a Security Council council in April.
Individually, a Ukrainian defence intelligence product reported in November that North Korea has sent more than 100 KN-23 and KN-24 ballistic missiles to Russia, along with military experts, to help its war with Ukraine
North Korea is accused of transferring arms to Russia for use against Ukraine, which it entirely invaded in February 2022, according to the United States and its allies.
Moscow and Pyongyang have denied the complaints, and their defense relations have deepened since June when officials from the two countries , signed , a landmark agreement on a” Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”, which included a mutual defense support section that applies in the case of “aggression” against either of the participants.
The U. S. and Ukraine measure there are between 10, 000 and 12, 000 North Korean army in Russia, with their emphasis on Kursk, elements of which Ukrainian makes occupied in August, where they are constantly engaged in battle and are taking casualties.
Both North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Vladimir Putin have confirmed it.
