Summary
Ukraine is using psychological warfare to target North Korean troops fighting for Russia, urging them to surrender through the “I Want to Live” campaign.
This initiative, which previously encouraged Russian soldiers to defect, now includes Korean-language leaflets and videos instructing North Korean troops on how to safely surrender.
Up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers have reportedly been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region, with some killed in the conflict.
In return for their support, Russia is supplying fighter jets to North Korea, heightening geopolitical tensions.
Oh wait. NK is getting fighters? I thought it was just missiles and trade goods and so on.
Edit: yeah - tracked down some other articles indicating MiG-29s and Su-27s - many of which are still crates of parts, which NK wants to assemble (and, tbh, probably try to reverse engineer to some degree) themselves
Really just some sandwiches would be great
And maybe some Ukrainian Barley Wine?
Russia is getting NK fighters
NK fighters are just super, super old Russian jets tho.
Anyway, at this rate they will be flying biplanes by the next decade.
They mean troops.
Indeed, NK fighter aircraft are paper mache based
Nah, they were top of the line fighters in like 1970. They are supersonic and everything. The problem is just that, for example, a lot of their fighters have radars that can’t really see aircraft that are below them with the ground as backdrop.
They apparently have some MiG-29s, which is basically the tech level that is flying around in Ukraine on both sides, except the stuff that is in Ukraine has been modernized like 4 times since the type first flew in 1983, I doubt the NK fighters were.
They just actually got MiG29s and SU-27s. It’s gonna be awhile before they are trained to fly them properly
And from what we’ve seen on the ground (or air) in Ukraine they are NOT going to be 5th gen retrofitted jets
Wikipedia claimed the 29s from sources that are years old. IDK though, not like it really matters, NK is basically a Chinese buffer state, any war one is involved in brings the other in.
Those old MiG-21 derivatives will make for nice NCD memes though.
You can’t get a lock on an American jet because of their stealth features.
I can’t because I don’t even have a look-down/shoot-down radar.
We are not the same.
Return of the Night Witches!
Not enough attention is being paid by world leaders that North Korean troops are fighting on European soil.
The reaction over that is heavily tempered by the fact that the North Koreans are staying inside Russia. If they were in Ukraine I’m pretty sure the reaction would be much different.
From what I’ve heard, “fighting” is a very generous description of what they’re capable of.
should of been called “I want a better Life than home” campaign.
Good! Morale wins wars
Leaflets are back! Back to the good ol’ days of the World Wars.
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