Posted on 11/02/2022 10:30:43 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
The United States has information that indicates North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a "significant" number of artillery shells for its war in Ukraine, White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said on Wednesday.
Kirby told a virtual briefing that North Korea was attempting to obscure the shipments by funneling them through countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
"Our indications are that the DPRK is covertly supplying and we are going to monitor to see whether the shipments are received," Kirby said, adding that Washington would consult with the United Nations on accountability issues over the shipments.
"We do have a sense on where they are going to transfer these shells," Kirby said, but declined to give any more details as the U.S. weighs its possible options.
Kirby said the amount of shells was not insignificant, but was unlikely to change the momentum or outcome of the war. However, they could still be deadly for Ukrainians, he said.
"And it's certainly not going to change our calculus ... or with so many of our allies and partners about the kinds of capabilities we're going to continue to provide the Ukrainians," he said.
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Kimmy - You help Vlad? You aren’t as “lonery” as your dad.
Well, it’s probably small change. When the Norks supply Russia with $80Billion+, please do let us know.
Kimmy wouldn’t do a thing when Orange Man Great was running the show.
Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.
“First Russia gets help from the mullahs and Revolutionary Guard Corps, and now from the Norks.”
If you can believe anything the white house says...
Latent October surpise
Just as the west made this an East v. West proxy war.
The evil ones have always shared a relationship.
Korean United Nations war.
“Despite its denials at the time, the Soviet Union was intimately involved in the Korean War. The contribution made by the Soviets was vital. They provided diplomatic support, strategic and grand tactical planning, including the planning of the invasion of South Korea, and essential logistical support. They supplied and trained the air forces of China and North Korea. Soviet pilots flew aircraft with Chinese or North Korean markings and after the war claimed to have shot down over 400 UN aircraft.”
... And Cuba is next to blame.
50 former U.S. intel agency heads will no doubt soon write a letter confirming the story.
You don’t think the Iranians are selling drones to the Russians? The Russians admit it!
Kim claims US supplying Ukraine with artillery shells. 🤡🐂💩
And the US is has not given UKR M-77 Howitzers and HIMARS they’ve gone through like hotcakes on a griddle? Word is the UKR’s don’t even clean and repair any of this stuff. Just fire and forget till it don’t work no more... Winning..
WW 2.95!
I’m more likely to believe north Korea at this point.
Not that I care for it one bit, but what right do we have to deny North Korea the sale of their conventional military weapons to another country? We do it every week.
AND WHO REALLY CARES?
China = North Korea
Russia can’t make their own?......................
It’s almost certain that NK will sell their oldest shells first. I couldn’t find information on the shelf life of artillery shells, but I did find some information on regular ammunition. As expected, a lot depends on the conditions the shells were stored in. A shell made of brass and stored in a wooden box should be good almost forever if it was stored in a dry, temperate environment. As for powder charges in bags, the type used to motivate much larger calibers, well, that could easily go bad if not properly stored for the last fifty years.
Of course, I could be wrong, and NK may be selling newly minted shells and powder.
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