A shocking report has come out about the deepening military relations between Russia and North Korea. An international monitoring report released on Thursday in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, claimed that Russia has delivered its advanced air defense system, electronic jammers, and military assistance to North Korea. All this is happening despite strict UN sanctions. According to this report of the Multilateral Monitoring Group (MSMT), from November 2024, Russia has handed over 'Pantsir' mobile air defense systems and combat vehicles to North Korea. This is the same system that is equipped with surface-to-air missiles and cannons, that is, capable of destroying enemy aircraft or missiles in the sky itself.

The speed of the missile of the Pantsir Defense System is faster than Brahmos. However, there can be no comparison between Brahmos and this. This is because while Pantsir is a short-range air defense system, Brahmos is a supersonic cruise missile. Brahmos is ahead in terms of range. It can attack up to 650 km. Pantsir can shoot down missiles coming from a range of 1.2 to 20 km. However, it is ahead of Brahmos in speed. Pantsir's speed can be 3.2 Mach. Brahmos's speed is 3 Mach.

The MSMT group, which prepared this report, was started by the US and South Korea together in October last year when the UN expert panel was dissolved due to Russia's veto. Now this new monitoring framework includes 11 countries - including big names like France, Britain, Japan, and Germany.

Russia's Pantsir missile defense system. (Reuters)

Weapons in 20,000 containers
The report claims that North Korea sent large quantities of weapons to Russia from September 2023 - through about 20,000 containers. These include more than 9 million artillery rounds, hundreds of missiles, heavy artillery, and anti-tank-guided weapons. This quantity is enough to arm three entire brigades.

Air delivery of weapons

According to the report, military aircraft like IL-76 and AN-124 of the Russian Air Force delivered weapons between November and December 2023. Russia also helped North Korea improve its missile guidance technology - which is a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions, which Russia itself had signed.

Russia has handed over the Pantsir missile system to North Korea. (Reuters)
Agreement ignored everywhere
Russia sent more than 1 million barrels of oil to North Korea last year, whereas according to the sanctions, this limit is 5 lakh barrels annually. Not only this, about 8,000 North Korean workers were sent to Russia, which is also a violation of sanctions. Financial transactions between the two countries are taking place through the disputed region of Georgia, South Ossetia.

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