> [The North Korean missile] was bursting with the latest foreign technology. Most of the electronic parts had been manufactured in the US and Europe over the past few years. There was even a US computer chip made as recently as March 2023. This meant that North Korea had illicitly procured vital weapons components, snuck them into the country, assembled the missile, and shipped it to Russia in secret, where it had then been transported to the frontline and fired - all in a matter of months.

Many parts of the North Korean missiles turn out to be fake:

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15256392

> The Ukrainian government analyzed around 290 parts, believed to be from the KN-24 or KN-23 short-range ballistic missile produced by North Korea, with Conflict Armament Research, a British investigative organization.

> The manufacturer said it analyzed a photo of the bearing sent by The Asahi Shimbun and concluded the part is counterfeit.

> But the group said it confirmed, after contacting the companies concerned, that multiple components were counterfeits of parts produced by European-based makers.

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Russia, China, Iran, and NKorea see themselves at war with The West. It is wishful thinking on The Western people's part that leaders (mostly) will not to acknowledge it publicly, and take the necessary actions with purpose and conviction