HEADLINE: Strategic Partnership: Russia Barters Advanced Military Technology, Including Nuclear Submarine Capabilities, for North Korean Munitions GUEST NAME: Professor Bruce Bechtol SUMMARY: Professor Bruce Bechtol details the North Korea-Russia strateg
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🗓️ 23 September 2025
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HEADLINE: Strategic Partnership: Russia Barters Advanced Military Technology, Including Nuclear Submarine Capabilities, for North Korean Munitions
GUEST NAME: Professor Bruce Bechtol
SUMMARY: Professor Bruce Bechtol details the North Korea-Russia strategic partnership. Russia pays for North Korean munitions with military technology, including nuclear submarine capability, while their special operations forces fought fiercely in Ukraine.
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| 0:24.0 | This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchewith. Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, my friend and co-host, |
| 0:30.4 | and we are speaking with Bruce Bechtel, Professor Bruce Bechtel of Angelo State University. |
| 0:35.9 | The author most recently of Rogue Allies, The Strategic Partnership between Iran and North Korea. |
| 0:41.4 | Right now, we're looking at the strategic partnership between North Korea and Russia. |
| 0:47.1 | Bruce, is there a measure of how the North Korean deployment performed in combat and off the field in the recent deployment into the |
| 0:58.0 | Ukraine conflict. |
| 0:59.3 | And is there more to learn about the North Korean Army? |
| 1:03.8 | Certainly those young men have not been battle tested for, what, 70, 80 years? |
| 1:09.2 | What is the measure? |
| 1:10.3 | Good evening. |
| 1:11.3 | Good evening, John. And, of course, good, 80 years. What is the measure? Good evening. Good evening, John. |
| 1:13.3 | And of course, good evening, Gordon. |
| 1:15.0 | Well, the measure was exactly what you and I talked about and Gordon, |
| 1:19.2 | what I thought it would be. |
| 1:20.4 | The Special Operations Forces from light infantry units |
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