OK who is helping N. Korea?

[Botany]

My guess is that it is the Russians. In both the size of the their bombs
and the complexity of their missiles they are getting "better" PDQ. BTW
I don't think it was a H-Bomb.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. Iran?

Second guess would be Russia!

[Not Ruth]

10. Iran does not have anything close to what NK has

[shraby]

2. Whoever it is, they are playing with fire because that little leader of Korea has no

loyalties except to himself. Same as the trump.

[FLPanhandle]

3. Nuclear weapons and missiles are within the capabilities of many countries

Remember, the U.S. had this level of technology in the 1950's. This is 70+ year old technology.

The only reason most countries don't have nuclear bombs and missiles is that it's incredibly expensive and politically unrewarding. North Korea, alas, doesn't give a shit if they stave their population in order to build nuclear weapons and they, obviously, don't care what the rest of the world thinks of them.

I'm sure they got some help from the Russians and Chinese, but don't think this is super high-tech stuff they are doing. It is some super expense stuff they are doing. Stuff that less insane countries don't funnel all their wealth into.

[Botany]

5. i am thinking more on the missile side

n/t

[rogerashton]

4. Maybe Ukraine

https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-ukraine-rocket-engines-north-153609013.html

This is missile technology, not nuclear, and may have been stolen rather than sold. Of course, Ukraine denies it all and blames Russia, and there is a Russian defense site that could have been the source.

[lastlib]

9. Russia has more of an interest in destabilizing...

...the U.S. position in the world. By helping out NK, they might be forcing us to expend more resources to counter the threat. More resources devoted to that means fewer resources devoted to Russia. That's bad for us, good for Putin. Kinda how I see it.

[mitch96]

13. "Russia has more of an interest "

Agreed... Russia/Putin has a wild hair across it's ass to mess with the west. It would behove Russia/Putin to mess with us on all sides. Also NKorea would be plausible deniability..
Who Us?? we didn't do anything..... uggh

[lastlib]

14. (.)

China may have a similar strategy in mind in trying to expand in southeast Asia and the South China Sea.

Hell, maybe Putin and Xi are in cahoots.







https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=983858

[RKP5637]

6. Someone has to be. The development is far too quick, and although Korean people

are very smart, it seems they must have some outside help to push this forward as quickly as it is going. ... much like in school with a complex calculus problem ... even if you're super smart, if someone gives you some hints and direction, it goes far more quickly. Also the costs and material ... outside help must be funneling in.

[Generic Brad]

7. My guess is a private company

Someone who has an international reach. A mercenary force that sells out to the highest bidder. This is not state sponsored.

Again - I have no insight into this. Just a gut feeling.

[yardwork]

12. Private company funded by the Russia mafia, i.e., Putin.

[RKP5637]

8. This is interesting! Ukraine factory via black market ... n/t

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/world/asia/north-korea-missiles-ukraine-factory.html

[Not Ruth]

11. If only we had an agency, something referred to by a 3 letter name, that could look into this

[Botany]

15. Or even an undercover CIA agent working for a front company called "Brewster Jennings."

Maybe somebody like Val Plame. Thanx a lot Dick Cheney.

[beachbum bob]

16. where it comes from really is of no improtance, they now posses the technology that can

wipe out cities like Seoul or Tokyo and must be addressed before they do it. The choices are clear and if China does not squash North Korea, the US will have to....this is no longer a game