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90 Pct of Parts for N.K. Missiles Come From Japan: Defector
Written: 2003-05-16 00:00:00 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
A North Korean defector claimed Thursday Pyongyang imports 90 percent of parts for missile production from Japan.
The North Korean asylum-seeker also claimed at a news conference held in Washington that North Korea, which depends on foreign parts to produce military equipment, imported 100% of the parts necessary to make its missiles.
The North Korean defector also said the North's imports of missile parts from Japan dropped after North Korea launched a rocket, widely believed to be a missile, over Japan in 1998.
He said the reduction in imports has caused the North's missile production to fall by about 30 percent.
The North Korean asylum-seeker also claimed at a news conference held in Washington that North Korea, which depends on foreign parts to produce military equipment, imported 100% of the parts necessary to make its missiles.
The North Korean defector also said the North's imports of missile parts from Japan dropped after North Korea launched a rocket, widely believed to be a missile, over Japan in 1998.
He said the reduction in imports has caused the North's missile production to fall by about 30 percent.
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