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SamuraiBlue

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Kind of interesting.

Japanese radar components used by N. Korean navy, U.N. report finds
NEW YORK, Feb. 11, Kyodo

North Korea has reconfigured Japanese-made civilian radar systems for use by naval ships as showcased at an anti-ship missile test reported last year, a document compiled by experts investigating U.N. sanctions against the country says.

The 73-page document, seen by Kyodo News ahead of its submission to the Security Council next month, also cites a vessel linked to a U.N.-blacklisted North Korean shipping company berthed near a city in western Japan for a few days last March.

With the revelation that commercial Japanese devices have been funneled to North Korean military forces, the Japanese government may feel compelled to come up with a new response to ensure the effectiveness of sanctions, particularly after its decision Wednesday to tighten measures to punish Pyongyang for its recent activities.

The Security Council has also been discussing sanctions against the North in response to its fourth nuclear test in January and satellite launch using ballistic missile technology this month, both banned under U.N. resolutions.

The Panel of Experts was set up under a 2009 Security Council resolution after Pyongyang's second nuclear test to investigate the enforcement of sanctions and present recommendations to enhance the sanctions regime..... to read more
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I wonder how much of their ballistic missiles uses off the self components?
 

AssassinsMace

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China should be prepared to take over North Korea if a collapse happens. That's the only way to stem concerns that critics who want China to cause it from sanctions they want seem to ignore. With the European refugee crisis causing big headaches in Europe even more some want to see that happen to China. So the only way is to takeover so China can dictate terms.
 

solarz

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China should be prepared to take over North Korea if a collapse happens. That's the only way to stem concerns that critics who want China to cause it from sanctions they want seem to ignore. With the European refugee crisis causing big headaches in Europe even more some want to see that happen to China. So the only way is to takeover so China can dictate terms.

Not going to happen.

First, North Korea has nukes. China is not going to risk a nuclear incident for nebulous gains.

Second, China wants NK as a buffer, not as its own territory. It doesn't want to deal with millions of impoverished North Koreans.

Third, taking over NK would set China up for confrontation with SK, and SK is an increasingly important partner to China.

China will continue to prop up NK for until it is no longer feasible or cost effective to do so. When that happens, I predict China will help oversee and mediate a Korean reunification.
 

AssassinsMace

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Yeah if China wants a US base on its border... It has to create a buffer. Right now plenty of critics would love to see China burdened like with what's happening in Europe. They will be happy to leave China with the bill and they get North Korea. China doesn't have to keep North Korea. It has a better position to bargain with if South Korea wants it. If South Korea helps and especially have been whining for China to something that causes a collapse, all those refugees are heading to the Chinese border either way. South Korea won't be in a position to complain. It's better to keep those refugees in North Korea for China to take care of them. If South Korea wants the North, they will have to pay for all the cost incurred onto China and then some if China doesn't want a US base on it's border. And let's also not forget how South Korea has complained about plans by Beijing to build a nuclear power plant in that region on China's side. Why? Because South Koreans want that territory back that they see as theirs. And if China builds a nuclear power plant, that just deepens China's hold on land South Koreans want back. Burden China with refugees while South Korea gets North Korea? No. They're not listening to China's concerns now. They're not going to listen if they get the North while gets all the burden.
 

solarz

Brigadier
Yeah if China wants a US base on its border... It has to create a buffer. Right now plenty of critics would love to see China burdened like with what's happening in Europe. They will be happy to leave China with the bill and they get North Korea. China doesn't have to keep North Korea. It has a better position to bargain with if South Korea wants it. If South Korea helps and especially have been whining for China to something that causes a collapse, all those refugees are heading to the Chinese border either way. South Korea won't be in a position to complain. It's better to keep those refugees in North Korea for China to take care of them. If South Korea wants the North, they will have to pay for all the cost incurred onto China and then some if China doesn't want a US base on it's border. And let's also not forget how South Korea has complained about plans by Beijing to build a nuclear power plant in that region on China's side. Why? Because South Koreans want that territory back that they see as theirs. And if China builds a nuclear power plant, that just deepens China's hold on land South Koreans want back. Burden China with refugees while South Korea gets North Korea? No. They're not listening to China's concerns now. They're not going to listen if they get the North while gets all the burden.

The thing is, there's a fundamental difference between what's happening in Syria right now and North Korea. People are fleeing Syria because there's a war there.

On the other hand, there's no telling how a NK regime change will happen. It could be anything from a gradual opening up like China in the 80's, to a second Korean War. In the former case, there will be no refugee problem. In the latter case, refugees will be the least of problems.

China's strategy on NK right now is pretty clear: keep it stable for as long as possible, and hope for gradual reforms. Anything else is going to result in a humanitarian disaster, and that would give an opening for China's opponents to make their move.
 
I did not realize North Korea had such advanced systems even if only in testing:

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Weapons
North Korean KN-06 test confirms similarity to Chinese and Russian fourth-generation SAMs
Richard D Fisher Jr, Washington, DC- IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
05 April 2016

On 1 April North Korea's state media reported on the test of its Pon'gae-5 fourth-generation surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, designated KN-06 in the West, and revealed images that for the first time confirm its basic similarity to Chinese and Russian fourth-generation SAM systems.

A series of images appearing in the 1 April issue of North Korea'sRodong Sinmunstate newspaper included some that were clear enough to discern that the KN-06 SAM uses a bi-conic nose configuration and four guidance fins, resulting in a missile very similar to that used by the the Chinese Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) HQ-9 and Russian Almaz-Antey S-300 systems.

However, it is not clear from the images whether the thrust vector vanes are hidden inside the missile fuselage, as in the S-300, or external, as with the HQ-9.

IHS Jane'shas previously reported that the KN-06 cold-launch and storage tube is closer in size to that of the HQ-9, the development of which was aided by Almaz-Antey and which is slightly smaller than the Russian system. The KN-06 reportedly has a range between 100 and 150 km.

First seen during North Korea's 10 October 2011 military parade, the KN-06 follows the practice of Russian and Chinese fourth-generation SAMs of using one vehicle as a transporter erector launcher (TEL), which in the case of the KN-06 carries three missiles, and a second to carry its search/guidance phased-array radar.

Both the TEL and radar vehicle are based on a Russian KAMAZ 6x6 truck. Reports indicate that in 2007 KAMAZ entered into a truck production joint venture with North Korea, with production located in the city of Pyeongseong.

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