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PREVIEW:From a longer conversation re North Korea space launching, Rick Fisher comments on the possible transfer of technology from Roscosmos to Pyongyang -- and how does this possible event suit Beijing?

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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PREVIEW:From a longer conversation re North Korea space launching, Rick Fisher comments on the possible transfer of technology from Roscosmos to Pyongyang -- and how does this possible event suit Beijing?

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0:18.9

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0:21.5

North Korea launches a spy satellite is the headline.

0:25.4

Speaking with colleague Rick Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center,

0:30.1

I first wanted to confirm that North Korea did successfully launch after several tries, a spy

0:36.5

satellite in a polar orbit Rick tells me.

0:40.5

However, the question is, why now, why going forward after several failures, including one that was

0:46.4

recovered by South Korea from the ocean?

0:49.6

I asked about the visit that Kim Jong-un entertained, traveling to the Vlad Vostok region

0:56.2

and then on to the Space Board Vastachne. Meeting with Vladimir Putin, ostensibly

1:02.0

about transferring weapons and ammunition from

1:04.6

North Korea's arsenal to the fight in Ukraine.

1:08.1

However, there is the question of space technology, Ros Cosmo, is sophisticated and very expert in launching satellites, was it

1:16.0

transferred to North Korea?

1:18.3

Rick has a two-part answer.

1:21.8

The axis of resistance, that would be Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, also now includes

1:29.2

Pyongyang. With a spy satellite they're boasting about and with ballistic missile and

1:34.8

hyper-sonic missile technology that is at least the match of China's. Why? Because China helps North Korea. Rick explains. Here's Rick.

1:48.0

Well, yes indeed. Vodimir Putin took Kim Jong-un personally on a tour of the Angara space launch vehicle

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