North Korea Watch: Iran Working With North Korea on Developing Long-Range Missiles

A visitor walks by displays of North Korea’s Scud-B missile (C) and other South Korean missiles at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul in July 2006. North Korea has been building new underground missile bases along its east coast, targeting Japan and US military facilities in Japan, a report said.
Reuters: Iran working with N.Korea on missiles: Institute

North Korea has been working closely with Iran to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, possibly using Chinese technology, and is building large bases to prepare for their deployment, a South Korean state-run think tank said.

Communist North Korea is also building new sites near the Demilitarized Zone border for short-range missiles and is deploying missiles with improved precision that can strike most of Japan, the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) said in a report.

“The development of Taepodong-2 is conducted jointly with Iran, and it is possible China’s technology is used in the development of the Taepodong-2 engine,” said the IFANS report, which Reuters obtained on Thursday.

The collaboration is part of an international network, including Pakistan, that made it possible for the impoverished North to develop and deploy missiles despite scarce resources and limited testing, the study said.

It looks like Iran is trading their missile technology and oil dollars to North Korea in return for North Korea’s expertise on the manufacture of a nuclear warhead for the joint NorthKorea-Iranian Axis of Evil ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). And China is helping both of them.

Fancy that……..

The United States should step up its deployment of missile defenses in the United States, Europe and Japan and contemplate arming Japan as a nuclear military deterrent to North Korea.

Further isolating North Korea diplomatically will do no good if they can skirt around sanctions by trading with Iran and China.

North Korean soldiers perform during the Arirang Mass Games at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang in this October 10, 2005 file photograph. North Korea has been working closely with Iran to develop its long-range ballistic missiles, possibly using Chinese technology, and is building large bases to prepare for their deployment, a South Korean state-run think tank said.

Stay tuned……

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