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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:30 PM Aug 2017

Serious question about North Korea... [View all]

Where is this little shit getting the parts and technology for his bombs and rockets?

Officially, Russia and China think he's nuts. Is he using a black market underground to get the stuff via Iran or some other place?

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Serious question about North Korea... [View all] TreasonousBastard Aug 2017 OP

Chinese companies sell them the tech and the govt looks the other way. FSogol Aug 2017 #1

China, Iran and in some cases leftover Soviet-era stuff that makes its way through the market. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2017 #2

And a very good question... sarisataka Aug 2017 #3

The way it's going, he will get the nukes. The US really can stop him without a war RKP5637 Aug 2017 #4

This is ALL coming from China! yallerdawg Aug 2017 #5

This has been going on for decades. B2G Aug 2017 #6

What am I not being "honest" about? yallerdawg Aug 2017 #8

South Korea's new President has gone from dove to hawk overnight Not Ruth Aug 2017 #7

If this world were any more surreal, I would say they're buying stuff from gsaauctions.gov TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #9

I thought they originally purchased nuke technology from Pakistan. thucythucy Aug 2017 #10

ICBM is not nuke Not Ruth Aug 2017 #11

Yeah, but a non-nuke ICBM is pretty useless thucythucy Aug 2017 #12