A U.N. expert team has concluded that parts needed to make North Korea’s missiles and rockets work are supplied by firms from China.
By Sungwon Baik / VOA (North Korea Rocket Launch – Photo Galleries) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Much of the evidence came from fragments of the Unha-3 rocket that launched the Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite into orbit on Feb. 7, 2016. Debris scooped up by the South Korea Navy were analyzed and investigators found pressure sensors, transmitters and circuit boards that were made in the West and sold to Chinese companies. These parts eventually made their way to North Korea.