Russian scientists may have provided North Korea with the designs for its newest missiles back in the 1990s, according to the Washington Post.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, scientists who helped build Soviet missiles and nuclear weapons were in need of money and without other prospects, the Post reported. Following a failed joint venture with US investors to turn submarine-launched missiles into space boosters, Russian scientists at the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau sought other avenues.
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Russian scientists may have provided North Korea with the designs for its newest missiles back in the 1990s, according to the Washington Post.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, scientists who helped build Soviet missiles and nuclear weapons were in need of money and without other prospects, the Post reported. Following a failed joint venture with US investors to turn submarine-launched missiles into space boosters, Russian scientists at the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau sought other avenues.
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