Taipei, Taiwan – Recent testing of North Korea in key weapons systems aboard its new destructive – including supersonic strategic cruise missiles – suggest possible Russia assistance, according to a military expert in Seoul.
The Northern Korean Central Press Agency, or KCNA, reported that the country had carried out the “combat application test” for weapons systems mounted on Choe Hyon, its new destructive of 5,000 tonnes.
He carried out a test of shooting supersonic cruise missiles, strategic cruise missiles, anti -aircraft missiles and 127 millimeters of automatic cannons based on ships on Monday. A test of dismissal of weapons guided tactics of ship to ship, the automatic cannons of the ship, the smoke and the electronic pistols of the jamming took place the next day.
Onbilling the new warship as a “AEGIS combat system” of North Korea, Yu Yong-Weon, a military journalist who has become Lawmaker, said that North Korea may have received assistance from Russia.
The supersonic strategic cruise missile unveiled by the North Korean state media resembles a hypersonic cruise missile launched by Russia ships, Zircon, he said in an analysis published on its website.
The Four Four -Faces Phasé network radar mounted on the Choe Hyon is similar in the arrangement and the installation angle compared to the radar systems deployed on the Karakurt class ships in Russia. Progressive table radars, also found on Aegis destroyers, allow 360 -degree surveillance.
In addition, the integrated air defense system installed on the CHOE Hyon – including vertical missile launchers, tracking radar, self -year -old and actuation trees – resembles a striking resemblance to the Russian fog system, which suggests that it can be a replica, according to YU.
“It is very possible that North Korea has received advanced military technologies from Russia in exchange for its involvement in the war in Ukraine,” said Yu.
North Korea and Russia have deepened their military and economic ties in recent months. Pyongyang would have provided Moscow large amounts of ammunition and other military aid for his war in Ukraine in Moscow.
North Korea recognized Monday for the first time it had sent troops to Russia to support the Moscow War against Ukraine, six months after their presence emerged for the first time.
In return, Russia has provided technological assistance and extended cooperation in various sectors, fueling concerns about potential weapons transfers and security threats.
The latest northern shooting tests occurred in the middle of the increased concentration of Pyongyang on the strengthening of its naval power in order to build a platform capable of delivering nuclear attacks from the sea.
Last week, the North Korean leader Kim Jong One called for the construction of more “Choe Hyon class” warships and greatest cruisers, as well as various types of escort ships next year and also developing “nuclear submarines” in the future.
In March, the North revealed what seems to be a nuclear submarine under construction, its leader warning that the maritime defense capacity of his country will be “fully projected in the necessary waters without limitation”.
Edited by Stephen Wright.