North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visit an exhibition of armed equipment on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 27, 2023.
The fact North Korean hackers may have obtained information about the Zircon does not mean they would immediately have that same capability, said Markus Schiller, a Europe-based missile expert who has researched foreign aid to North Korea's missile programme.
Last month, North Korea test-launched the Hwasong-18, the first of its ICBMs to use solid propellants.
"North Korea announced that it was doing the same thing in late 2021.
If NPO Mash had one useful thing for them, that would be top of my list," he added.
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