Gordon Chang Accuses China of “Weaponizing” North Korea

The North Koreans have been getting technical assistance on their weapons programs from somewhere and writer Gordon Chang believes it is China:

China has helped build North Korea’s ballistic missile program by providing important military equipment and technology, a U.S. expert claimed Wednesday.

In an interview on Fox Business, Gordon Chang, an East Asia security expert, said Chinese President Xi Jinping has been “fueling” the regime in Pyongyang with transfers of “very important” weapons, equipment and technology.

“They’re weaponizing the North,” he said, citing the ballistic missile program in particular.

The intercontinental ballistic missiles North Korea fired on July 4 and 28 were transported to their launch sites on Chinese mobile launchers, according to Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China.”

“Those mobile launchers make North Korea a real threat because their missiles can now hide,” he said.

Other North Korean missiles launched in August last year and February and May this year also appeared to be variants of China’s JL-1 submarine launched missiles, according to the expert.  [Yonhap]

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