Kazakhstan tops North Korea's weapons shop list
SEOUL (AFP) Mar 06, 2003
Russia and Kazakhstan were the main suppliers of
fighters and other conventional weapons to North Korea
in the past ten years, according to a Swedish research
institute.
The website of the Stockholm International Peace
Research Instituteshowed that North Korea acquired 35
SS-N-2b Styx anti-ship missiles from Russia between
1992 and 1996.
One of the Styx missiles was fired into international
waters in the Sea of Japan on February 24, South
Korea's Yonhap news agency said.
Between 1993 and 2002, North Korea imported 308
million dollars worth of weapons -- 176 million
dollars from Kazakhstan, 103 million dollars from
Russia and 29 million dollars from China, SIPRI said.
During the same period, China delivered 550 portable
SAM missiles and 16 Romeo-class submarines while
Kazakhstan shipped 34 MiG-21 fighters, 24 KS-19
anti-aircraft guns and four fire control radars, it
said.
Russian weapons purchased by North Korea during the
period included Styx missiles, four surveillance
radars, six fire control radars and 32 IFV armored
vehicles.
North Korea also produced other weapons under Russian
license -- 1,100 AT-4 anti-tank missiles, 550 SA-16
portable SAM missiles and 500 SA-7 portable SAM
missiles, according to the institute.
The impoverished North is capable of producing most
conventional weapons.
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