Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled a potential willingness to assist North Korea in developing its space and satellite program Wednesday, as he gave Kim Jong Un a tour of Russia’s vast Vostochny space launch site ahead of expected arms talks.
When asked by a reporter whether Russia would help North Korea launch its own satellites and rockets, Putin responded: “That’s exactly why we came here.”
“The leader of North Korea shows great interest in space, in rocketry, and they are trying to develop space. We’ll show our new objects,” Putin said at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, in Russia’s far east Wednesday. “We’ll talk about all the issues without haste, there is time.”
I know a lot of people are joking about this, but it’s certainly bad news. They both have a lot to gain with this partnership, Russia in the short term, North Korea in the long term. Russia gets supplies it needs now in Ukraine even if it’s out of date equipment. And N. Korea gets to skip some R&D on developing more advanced systems.
They are both quite open about targeting the west. Perhaps the west should treat them as the threat they are and handle this right now, while Russia is still distracted with all their murdering of innocent families.