“I’ll leave that for you to decide,” the acting secretary of defense told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade.
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan has refused to deny Russian involvement in North Korea’s weapons development programs, following recent weapon tests.
“I’ll leave that for you to decide,” Shanahan responded, failing to confirm or deny any Russian involvement in North Korea’s weapons programs, which have been a major obstacle to ongoing diplomatic efforts on the peninsula. Marcus Schiller, a leading expert on North Korean missiles, told The Associated Press: “There are Russian technology fingerprints all over it.” He explained that the test does not necessarily mean North Korea is buying entire weapons systems directly from Russia, as Pyongyang could have ordered some parts from Russia and made certain components domestically.
“In fact, there is precedent for this. Back in the early 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed, ex-Soviet scientists went to North Korea in droves to help the regime beef up their missile capabilities for cash. This might explain why so many of North Korea’s missiles look and operate just like the last patch of technological innovations from the USSR.”
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