| Year/Date |
Exporter |
Item(s) |
Remarks |
1989
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Japan via China
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Spectrum analyzers
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Originated in Japan, but trans-shipped via Beijing.
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| 1994 |
Japan |
one or more jet mills |
Japan’s Seishin Enterprise Co. exported the Jet mills to North Korea. Jet mills are used to grind materials into a fine powder using compressed air. Jet mills have commercial applications in the pharmaceutical industry, but they are also used to make solid fuel for ballistic missiles, and thus are MTRC-controlled items. |
Complete citations and further details are available in the missile chronology within this country profile. This table includes all types of reported transactions: complete weapon systems, components and special materials, production technologies and information, training and human resources, etc.
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Updated July 2003 |
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Key Sources:
Armed Forces Journal International; Associated Press; Joseph Bermudez, Jr.; Chang Chun Ik, Pukhan Haek-Missile Chonjaeng; Chelyabinski Rabochij; Christian Science Monitor; CIA, “Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 July Through 31 December 2000”; Chosun Ilbo; CNS interview data; Financial Times; The Guardian; Hajime Ozu, Missile 2000: Reference Guide to World Missile Systems; Hankook Ilbo; Independent; International Defense Review; International Security; ITAR-TASS; Jane’s Armour and Artillery; Jane’s Defense Weekly; Jane’s Fighting Ships; Jane’s Intelligence Review; Jane’s Soviet Intellegence Review; Joongang Ilbo; Komsomolskaya Pravda; Kyunghyang Shinmun; Moscow News; Philadelphia Inquirer; Russian Foreign Intelligence Service; Sankei Shinbun; Shindonga; SIPRI Yearbook 1989: World Armaments and Disarmament; South China Morning Post; Taehan Maeil; Wall Street Journal; Washington Post; Washington Times; Yonhap News Agency.
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