In recent days, the Pyongyang regime has intensified tests of cruise missiles. However, observers suspect that there is less strategic sabre-rattling behind this. Instead, the weapons should be tested for Russia.
South Korea’s General Staff said on Tuesday that “unknown cruise missiles” had been fired into the West Sea – the Korean name for the Yellow Sea. According to Korean information, the bullets were registered around 7 a.m. (local time). South Korea subsequently announced a “detailed analysis” of the incident and increased surveillance in coordination with its ally the US.
Seoul and Washington accuse North Korea of supplying weapons to Russia, which is currently waging a war of aggression against Ukraine despite the imposed sanctions. In return, Moscow may have provided Pyongyang with technical support for its satellite program, the allies suspect.
Russian order for mass production?
Ahn Chan Il, a North Korean researcher who now heads the World Institute for North Korean Studies in South Korea, suspects the North has “begun mass production of cruise missiles ordered by Russia,” he told AFP . “It seems that they are (…) conducting experiments with the (ordered) missiles at sea,” he said, adding that each cruise missile must undergo at least five tests before being deployed.
Hong Min, an analyst at the Institute for the National Reunification of Korea in Seoul, said it “cannot be ruled out” that North Korea is testing cruise missiles intended for export to Russia. “During the war in Ukraine, cruise missiles played an important role for Russia in attacking strategic facilities in Ukraine,” the expert told AFP.
Source: Krone
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