Summary
North Korea is set to receive Soviet-era MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter jets from Russia in exchange for deploying thousands of troops to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo.
While the troops are reportedly in combat zones, their direct involvement in fighting remains disputed.
This military collaboration has raised concerns about the potential transfer of advanced technology to bolster North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs.
The growing Russia-North Korea alliance has been called a “dangerous escalation” by U.S. officials and has alarmed regional powers like South Korea.
Trading 40+ year old airframes for 50+ year old artillery shells. They deserve one another
Meanwhile, the US is sending Ukraine *checks notes* 50 year old airframes…
Neither the US nor China has found reason enough to commit any of their fancy, expensive hardware yet… that’s probably a good thing. Both the US and China are happy to watch Russia burn out its military accomplishing very little (for different reasons, but ultimately the same goal). The US and China are still on trade dispute terms because a militarily weakened Russia favors both of their interests.
And comparatively, no other country’s military matters at this level. Sure there are other nations that spend high amounts of their GDP on military buildup, but none of them have global deployment capability at scale like the US or China.
So I guess the question is, when the Ukraine situation eventually ends, do the US and China square off for a fight? or do they go back to the quietly simmering economic tension that is the status quo? … with Putin’s control of the Russian nuclear stockpile as a wildcard.
Comparing an F16 to a fulcrum is just hurtful, you know, for the fulcrum.
I was more worried about them getting Russian rocket tech tbh, maybe you need to send troops that can actually fight to get that subscription perk.
Next: ”I’ll trade you our lack of food for your lack of food”
Sometimes you want a change and so you have no bibimbap instead of no solyanka.
Solyanka is people!
Haha now we wait 20yrs for the NK training program and at that point the jets will be closer to century old
Mom I got traded for an old airplane
