SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russia has supplied air defense missile systems to North Korea in exchange for sending its troops to support Russia's war efforts against Ukraine, a top South Korean official said Friday.
Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — Russia has supplied air defense missile systems to North Korea in exchange for sendingto support Russia's war efforts against Ukraine, a top South Korean official said Friday.
threatens to escalate the war, and what Russia could give to the North in return has been a source of rampant international speculation. Lee Illwoo, an expert with the Korea Defense Network in South Korea, said that Russia has likely sentlong-range surface-to-air missiles, launchers and ground-based radar systems. He said that North Korea is capable of building shorter-range surface-to-air missiles on its own.
Kim Dae Young, a military expert at the Korea Research Institute for National Strategy, said it’s possible that the air defense systems North Korea acquired from Russia could include counter-drone equipment.
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