04-14-2017, 03:17 PM
(04-14-2017, 10:16 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: > But ... China supplies the semiconductors used in the DPRK's
> missiles.
> This is a good cop bad cop game here.
> The (relatively speaking) good cops are the PRC and Russia,
> the bad cop is the DPRK. In the international public relations
> game, the DPRK (as well as other supposedly rogue states
> ... who get endless support from the PRC, Russia, or both)
> is a convenient place to outsource the baddest behavior. That way,
> deniability to the PRC and Russia is provided.
> "So sorry, we can do nothing about our crazy cousin" (high
> fives and giggles once off stage).
I believe that North Korea could purchase semiconductors from other
countries, such as Iran or Russia or Syria.
