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The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un.

A key U.S. ally fired warning shots Friday — live ones to repel North Korean soldiers and a diplomatic volley to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin, as tensions rise after his new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un.

South Korea, which has so far only provided non-lethal aid to Ukraine, said it was considering arming Kyiv in response to a newly forged alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang reminiscent of the Cold War that has alarmed officials in the West.

Putin said that doing so would be a "very big mistake."

“If this happens, then we will also make appropriate decisions that the current leadership of South Korea would hardly like,” he said during his state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, which immediately followed the lavish Pyongyang visit. “We reserve our right to supply weapons to other regions of the world,” he added.

The Russian president's saber-rattling continued Friday, when he said that Russia will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal as a deterrent.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 120 points 5 months ago

Arm them with what?

They're sending you the arms, remember?

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Russia reminds me of the black knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He has all his limbs cut off by Arthur, to the point where he's just a useless torso perched on the ground. But he's still defiantly insulting Arthur and looking for a fight.

[-] Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Well, yeah, he only suffered a scratch.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 9 points 5 months ago

tis but a flesh wound

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Someone should make a meme with putins head on the torso :-)

"You'll regret it!!"

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 24 points 5 months ago

Probably icbm tech or something, it's pretty much all they have left.

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Legitimate question, is Russia still able to get all the materials required to make nuclear ICBMs?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Or is North Korea if they just get the technology and not the parts?

I mean the first ICBM test was launched in 1957. This isn't exactly cutting-edge stuff and they still fuck it up at present.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

ICBM is old tech but it has advanced a ton over the decades. It is insane how accurately the US can lob a nuke across the Pacific and hit a designated test target.

The new Russian ones are supposed to dodge interceptors at their final stage and fly crazy fast.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

The new Russian ones are supposed to dodge interceptors at their final stage and fly crazy fast.

The war in Ukraine has proven that what they say they can do and what they can actually do, militarily speaking, is vastly different. I'd be surprised at this point if a russian ICBM isn't just a homing pidgeon with a grenade strapped to it.

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

The difference between what Russian tech is "supposed" to do and what it actually does has been, historically speaking, significant. I'll believe this if they manage to credibly get one single munition past a Patriot emplacement or past Aegis. Until then it's all talk.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

North Korea can't even successfully launch satellites most of the time. I don't think they'll be able to do much with Russian ICBM technology if they can't do something that Russia has been able to do since 1957.

[-] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yes. The have the material resources and china hasn’t said no the them yet, so they have the technical resources.

[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah they could well do a tech transfer of some older models

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