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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 strateg

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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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.1955 KIM IL-SUNG

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This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Bachelor. Gordon Chang. At Gordon G. Chang is with me,

0:29.0

my colleague and co-host and friend. Ukraine, North Korea, both require a lot of attention

0:36.8

from Bruce Bechtel.

0:39.0

He teaches at Angelo State University a professor, but most importantly, he's the author

0:44.1

most recently of rogue allies, the strategic partnership between Iran and North Korea.

0:50.6

And before that, he was the author of a book about North Korea spreading its destruction throughout the developing world, Africa, the Middle East, everywhere they can make a buck.

1:02.0

But we've gotten to the point now where North Korea is talking directly to Moscow and Beijing about what it wants.

1:09.4

And there is a report, most recently, that what North Korea wants is nuclear power technology

1:16.1

for a submarine fleet.

1:18.2

Bruce, a very good day to you.

1:19.7

This is, they've up their game, Bruce.

1:22.3

They're going for boomers.

1:23.5

What do we know about that technology they're going to get from Russia?

1:27.1

Good evening to you.

1:28.7

Good evening, John, and good evening, Gordon.

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