MiG-29 and Su-27 aircraft Pyongyang will receive are still "formidable," Indo Pacific Command chief Admiral Samuel Paparo said.

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.

  • NaibofTabrEnglish
    23•3 days ago

    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.