North Korea and Iran are deepening their collaboration, sharing expertise and technology, notably in ballistic missiles, heightening the global threat amid instability heightened by missile exchanges in the Israel-Iran conflict.
Korea is on the verge of a substantial advancement in defense procurement with the Middle East following the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia, aimed at bolstering defense procurement and cooperation between the two nations.
The missile could neutralise South Korea’s missile defence system and threaten US strategic assets such as its aircraft-carrier striker groups in the West Pacific, analysts say.