29JUL2024
Several factories in North Korea have altered their production processes to quickly churn out 152-millimeter artillery shells, officials in the country told Radio Free Asia, but they do not know whether the ammunition is going to Russia for use in its war with Ukraine.
“Key officials at the factory do not know whether the 152 mm artillery shells produced here are intended to support Russia,” an official at a factory in the northern province of Ryanggang told RFA Korean on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
“However, considering the production process was urgently prepared immediately after Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia, it is assumed that it is for the purpose of supporting Russia,” he added.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a military factory in August 2024.
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-munitions-production-ukraine-russia-07292024131858.html
“Several factories in North Korea have altered their production processes to quickly churn out 152-millimeter artillery shells”
North Korea is no South Korea, when it comes to producing anything. They no doubt have a small Artillery shell production capacity, compared to that of Russia itself.
What North Korea does have however, is one of the world’s very largest stockpiles of old Artillery shells. They can produce some shells (maybe Russia pays more for the new production), but the bulk of what Russia has been getting (and can get) from North Korea, were produced or acquired by Grand Daddy Kim.