Reuters found cyber-espionage teams linked to the North Korean government, which security researchers call ScarCruft and Lazarus, secretly installed stealthy digital backdoors into systems at NPO Mashinostroyeniya, a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, a small town on the outskirts of Moscow. In the months following the digital break-in Pyongyang announced several developments in its banned ballistic missile programme but it is not clear if this was related to the breach. Experts say the incident shows how the isolated country will even target its allies, such as Russia, in a bid to acquire critical technologies.
a long range air defense capability which ukraine has requested for months. and then the 25 miles, medium-range that s proven effective and then other options like stickers. patriots are significant militarily but not a game-changer. reporter: missile experts say a patriot battery with missile cost about $1 million. has six major parts, a control station, a radar set, a generator, antenna, and of course, the launcher and missiles. it takes about 100 personnel to operate a full system. nearly 20 countries have patriot missile batteries. israel has used them to intercept drones and even syrian aircraft. saudi arabia has effectively used patriots to intercept ballistic missiles and more from yemen. i think the system will work
their children. they don t want their kids to have to put up with this, and that is something that they will endure a lot for. i think a lot of americans can connect with that. before i let you go, i want to ask about north korea because kim jong-un attended the regime s most recent icbm launch. he does like to see these things, right? missile experts are saying that this one could actually reach the u.s. mainland. what are your concerns here? this looks a lot like the watch some 17, which is a long-range icbm they have. it s a mobile transporter erector launcher that they used, and this is a weapon system that could potentially reach the continental united states. so when you look at the system and its capabilities, it could potentially put the u.s. at risk. the key is to make sure that we can always detect this launch before it actually achieves the stage where it would need to actually deploy its missiles, and that would be something where at this point, it had to
pyongyang, a hypersonic glide vehicle, which if perfected, could evade defense systems. only the u.s. and china currently have this capability. a military reconnaissance satellite. necessary, pyongyang says, to keep an eye on the u.s. and its allies. elements were tested earlier this year but the pentagon believes the space launch is a cover for a test of a new intercontinental-ballistic missile system. a 15,000-kilometer icbm. that s 9,300 miles. which could reach mainland united states and beyond. an icbm tested march 24th came closer to this than ever before but south korean officials doubt pyongyang s claims it was their most recently unveiled hwasong 17. missile experts say a test of that weapon may have failed a week earlier. given the shape of this warhead, it is likely to be a mirv, an icbm with multiple warheads. and it can hit anywhere on the continental united states. reporter: and tactical
in january last year, he gave one of the most detailed military reports in north korea s history according to state-run media. his five-year wish list. since then, he has been systematically working through it. the north koreans have really i think laid out an ambitious agenda for a military modernization. and it proves to be very credible. reporter: among the systems already at least partially tested according to pyongyang pyongyang, a hypersonic glide vehicle, which if perfected, could evade defense systems. it s a big if. only the u.s., russia and china currently have this capability. a military reconnaissance satellite. necessary, pyongyang says, to keep an eye on the u.s. and its allies. elements were tested earlier this year but the pentagon believes the space launch is a cover for a test of a new intercontinental-ballistic missile system. a 15,000-kilometer icbm. that s 9,300 miles. which could reach mainland united states and beyond. an icbm tested march 24th came closer to