I’m very worried.”Bolstering his conclusion, he added, was a finding by United Nations investigators that North Korea tried six years ago to steal missile secrets from the Ukrainian complex. He said the Ukrainian government views North Korea as “totalitarian, dangerous and unpredictable, and supports all sanctions against this country.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyHow the Russian-designed engines, called the RD-250, got to North Korea is still a mystery. It is unclear who is responsible for selling the rockets and the design knowledge, and intelligence officials have differing theories about the details. American intelligence officials note that North Korea has exploited the black market in missile technology for decades, and built an infrastructure of universities, design centers and factories of its own. PhotoThat was only a temporary setback for North Korea.

Source: New York Times August 14, 2017 07:00 UTC