| Year/Date |
Exporter |
Item(s) |
Remarks |
Late 1962
|
USSR
|
Battalion of SA-2 SAMs
|
|
1967
|
USSR
|
Unknown number of SS-N-2 Styx anti-ship missiles
|
|
1967-68
|
USSR
|
Unknown number of SSC-2b Samlet missiles
|
|
1968
|
USSR
|
27 to 63 FROG-5 artillery rockets, 9 TELs, approximately 12 FROG-6 trainer vehicles
|
Agreements signed in 1965 and 1967.
|
1968-69
|
USSR
|
five batteries of SSC-2b Samlet missiles
|
|
1968-70
|
USSR
|
Unknown number of FROG-3, FROG-5 and FROG-7 rockets
|
|
Late 1960s
|
USSR
|
Unknown number of BM-21 122mm-caliber MRLs
|
|
Early 1970s
|
USSR
|
SSC-2b Samlet anti-ship missiles
|
Missiles supplied in “knock-down” kits; North Korean military assembles and tests after receiving Soviet training.
|
1972
|
USSR
|
20 Scud-B missiles
|
First possible Scud-B delivery, but unconfirmed; reported quid pro quo for Soviet access to captured USS Pueblo.
|
1974
|
USSR
|
Unknown number of SA-7 SAMs
|
|
1985-88
|
USSR
|
About 240 Scud-B missiles
|
Unconfirmed; report claims 100 of the Scud-Bs were resold to Iran.
|
Late 1980s
|
USSR
|
SS-21 ballistic missiles
|
Possible response to US deployment of Lance missiles in South Korea. The SS-21 could have been the third stage of the Paektusan-1 that was test launched on 31 August 1998.
|
Late 1980s through 1990s
|
USSR
|
9K34 Strela 3 (SA-14 Gremlin) and 9K310 Igla-1 (SA-16 Gimlet) SAMs
|
|
1990-92
|
Russia
|
Technical assistance for a re-entry vehicle
|
Approximately 30 to 50 specialists from Russia and Eastern Europe secretly visited North Korea to work on heat-resistance materials for re-entry vehicles.
|
1991
June
|
Russia
|
10 Scud-C missiles
|
|
1992
|
Russia
|
Missile expertise
|
In August, 10 Russian scientists traveled to North Korea to discuss modernizing North Korea’s missile program. In late 1992, a large number of Russian scientists were prevented from traveling to North Korea.
|
| 1992-1996 |
Russia |
35 Styx/P-20 anti-ship missiles |
|
1994
|
Russia
|
10 to 12 Golf II-class submarines
|
Western defense analysts claim the submarines could be modified to launch Nodong missiles or other weapons. Russia insisted the submarines were only good for scrap metal.
|
1997
|
Russia
|
Maraging steel
|
Intercepted; British customs seize the shipment at Gatwick Airport on flight from Moscow. The flight was to continue to Islamabad. Part of the shipment was to stay in Pakistan and part was to be transferred to North Korea.
|
1999
|
Russia, (China)
|
Fiber-optic gyroscopes
|
The gyroscopes were originally sold to China’s Changda Corporation by the Russian company Fizoptika and later transferred to North Korea.
|
2000
|
Russia
|
Special aluminum alloy, laser gyroscopes, and connectors and relays used in missile electronics
|
These transfers were reportedly a cooperative effort between Russia and Uzbekistan.
|
2001
|
Russia
|
Possible ICBM data
|
In August, Kim Jong Il visited Khrunichev Space Center on the outskirts of Moscow. Western intelligence sources are concerned that North Korean missile experts may have accompanied Kim to learn more about long-range missiles.
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