North Korea stops sending shells to Russia, Seoul claims
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
from fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 2024 14:42
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from fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 2024 14:42
https://lemmy.world/post/12678296
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Damn! 69h work week is apparently enough
This proves you have no idea
North Korea runs out of shells, asks Russia to be rearmed.
They’re probably sitting on warehouses of those things, they spend a ridiculous amount of their GDP on the military. They just want a better deal and the more disastrous the war becomes for Russia the more leverage they have
I can’t imagine they’re in great condition though.
Rumor is they often don’t work or blow up in the artillery.
Kim Jong-Ea-Nasir
I had to google that. That’s funny.
Probably “Eldest Son” sabotage…
Aside from those 2 failure modes, they also suffer inconsistent propellant loading. Shells need to be perfectly consistent so you know exactly where they’ll land. NK shells are a crapshoot.
Wait. NK has a GDP?
$48.3 billion, apparently.
Which sounds like a lot, but they’re also ranked 135th out of 213, roughly behind most African nations and ahead of most island nations.
TIL
From the article:
So they probably havent, but are using less detectable means.
Sounds like some fun targets for the Ukrainian special forces who have been blowing up targets in Russia.
I like the cut of your jib.