# Who sells missiles to North Korea? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 1, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sells-missiles-to-north-korea/795210 "2017-09-01T00:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![filmstar-en](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@filmstar-en](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmstar-en)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sells-missiles-to-north-korea/795210/1 "2017-09-01T00:47:10Z")
A recent report by the Institute of Strategic Studies suggests that North Korea is getting its latest missiles from either Ukraine or Russia. > **[North Korea ICBM success](https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis//2017/08/north-korea-icbm-success)** > > How has North Korea managed to make such astounding progress with its long-range missile programme over the last two years? Here, Michael Elleman shares the first solid evidence that North Korea has acquired a high-performance liquid-propellant... Russia has a land border with North Korea, so they probably arrived by road or train. Is this the straightdope? It does beg the question why there is not a loud protest that Russia stops selling these ICBM engines to North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sells-missiles-to-north-korea/795210/2 "2017-09-01T01:08:03Z")
I started a thread about this a few weeks ago, and got poo-pooed for ‘war mongering’. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833489](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=833489) Anyway, my impression is North Korea was making their own missiles and using Iran for help, but are now getting them from a Ukranian factory in Russian territory.