Defense industry of North Korea
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North Korea's defense industry predates the Korean War, but has emerged as major a supplier to the North Korean armed forces beginning in the 1970s,[1] but increasingly so after the fall of the Soviet Union and to supplement those purchased from China.[1] Most equipment produced are copies of Soviet and Chinese built military hardware.
Military factories
Tanks, arms, and missiles
- First Machine Industry Bureau - supplier of machine guns, likely Type 62 Light Machine Gun and Type 73 Light Machine Gun[2]
- Ryu Kyong-su Tank Factory - Sinhung South Hamgyong Province[3]
- Second Machine Industry Bureau - Sŏngch'ŏn-kun, South Pyongan Province - builds Chonma-ho and Pokpung-ho MBT; likely Chuch'e-Po and Koksan artillery gun
- Third Machine Industry Bureau: Multi-stage rockets
- Fourth Machine Industry Bureau: Guided missiles
- Fifth Machine Industry Bureau: Nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons
- Tokhyon Munitions Plant[4]
- Bong Dao Bo Shipyards, Sinpo - located on the mainland across from Mayang-Do Island Naval base - builder of the Sang-O and Gorae class Submarines.[5]
- Mayang-do Naval Shipyards, Mayang-do Island in northeast coast - maintenance facility with graving dock; has built some ships for the navy (12 Romeo class submarines)
- Najin Shipyards - Kowan-Class submarine rescue ship, Soho class frigates and Najin class frigates
- Nampho Shipyards - located on west coast and builds small- and medium-size submarines (Sang-O and Yugo?)
- Wonsan Shipyards - located on east coast and builds small- and medium-size submarines (Sang-O and Yugo?)
- Yukdaeso-ri Shipyards - located on west coast and has built midget submarines (Yugo class submarines or Yono class submarines) since the 1960s
- Sixth Machine Industry Bureau: Battleships and submarines
Aircraft
There are no known indigenous aircraft built in North Korea, factories supply components or parts for current aircraft flown such as for Tumansky RD-9 turbojet engine used by Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 and Shenyang J-6.[6]
- Ch’onjin - small factory used to build spare parts and rebuild aircraft for the Air Force.[7]
- Taechon - used to build spare parts and rebuild aircraft for the Air Force.[7]
- Panghyon - North Korea's primary aircraft assembly, repair and research facility established in the mid-1980s.[8][9]
- Seventh Machine Industry Bureau: Production and purchase of war planes
References
- ^ a b John Pike. "Korean People's Army - Equipment Introduction". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ Bermudez Jr., p. 50.
- ^ "Asia Times". Atimes.com. 2002-07-06. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ "Air Force". Fas.org. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ Cook, Damen. "North Korea's Most Important Submarine Base". The Diplomat. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/bbs/view.html?b_bbs_id=10162&num=9
- ^ a b "North Korea AF Narrative History". Aeroflight. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ Bermudez Jr, Joseph S. (2001). The armed forces of North Korea. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 156–160. ISBN 1860645003.
- ^ "North Korea's Hwasong-14 Missile Launch Site Identified: The Panghyon Aircraft Factory | 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea". 38 North. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Bibliography
- Bermudez Jr., Joseph S. (2001). The Armed Forces of North Korea. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1-86064-486-4.