The growing threat of nuclear proliferation and fixing the industrial base

Defense and dual-use texhnologies

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The United States Secretary of Defense says there are now around 10,000 North Koreans in Russia and that it looks probable that the Russians are trying to incorporate them into their formations at the front of the war in Ukraine. Ukraine intelligence has intercepted signals suggesting that the Russian units at the front are having a hard time integrating the North Koreans into their formations. North Korea also tested a new ballistic missile that appears to be intercontinental in nature, the Hwasong-19. Japan’s Defense Minister Gen. Nakatani says that the missile stayed aloft for 86 minutes and covered over 7,000mi. Final point on this topic is that it is highly likely that Russia is providing North Korea with advanced missile technology (and potentially warhead tech) in exchange for North Korea providing troops in the Ukraine fight.

It seems probable to Building our Future that the next few years will see rapidly increased proliferation of missile technologies and p…