"Nothing Korean": Chips from the US and Germany are launching the Ballistic Missiles of the DPRK - the media

Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the number of rocket strokes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with ballistic missiles, about a third of them made in North Korea. It is only through Western components that the occupiers launch them in Ukraine, the sources say. One of the officials says that in 2024 Russia released about 60 North Korean missiles KN-23, about a third of the total number of launches of ballistic shells.

In August and September, there was a surge of attacks by these types of missiles when Kiev first publicly declared the use of KN-23. At least 28 people were killed and 213 were injured during the blows using North Korean missiles. "Since spring, Russia has been using much more ballistic missiles and percussion drones in Ukraine. And fewer cruise missiles," said Yuri Ignat Acting CNN CNN.

The most important components for the DPRK missiles produce nine Western manufacturers, including companies from the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The components of KN-23/24 rockets proven by Ukrainian specialists were produced in 2023, which means their fast delivery of North Korea. About 70% of American production elements are also components from Germany and Switzerland.

International experts point to China as a probable channel of supplying these components to the DPRK. "Everything that works for the management of the rocket to fly is all foreign components. All electronics are foreign. There is nothing Korean. The only thing is that Korean is a metal that rushes quickly,"-explained the head of the Military Research Laboratory of the Kyiv Research Institute Forensic expertise Andriy Kulchytsky.