The Vladimir Putin-Kim Jong-un summit: five things we learned

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Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Kim Jong-un has been dismissed by the US as an act of desperation by the Russian leader. Although few details have emerged about the leaders’ discussions, the summit in the Russian Far East could preface new and worrying developments in the war in Ukraine and for Kim’s military ambitions. As the North Korean leader continues his tour of military facilities in Russia, here are five takeaways from the summit.

North Korea has designs on the final frontier

Kim Jong-un reportedly travelled to Russia hoping to sell artillery shells and anti-tank missiles to the Kremlin, but his role was more than that of arms salesman.

His meeting this week with Vladimir Putin has sent unmistakable signals that the regime in Pyongyang is still interested in establishing a presence in space, despite – or perhaps because of – its recent failure to put military satellites into orbit.

The venue for his meeting with Putin, Vostochny cosmodrome, is significant. Before their talks, the leaders toured assembly and launch facilities at the cosmodrome, where Kim was briefed on technical details about Russian space vehicles.

There are doubts over Russia’s willingness to share sensitive information about weapons technologies with North Korea in exchange for what may end up being limited supplies of munitions, potentially to replace stocks used up during more than 18 months of fighting in Ukraine.

But Putin did not rule out helping the regime launch its own satellites and rockets. “That’s exactly why we came here,” he told reporters. “The leader of North Korea shows great interest in space, in rocketry, and they are trying to develop space. We’ll show our new objects.”

 

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Don't they make a lovely couple............

 

Though it just goes to show how ass_oles do stick together........????

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Little Racket Man has big ambitions not to be ignored 

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Is this all a ploy on Kim’s part to make Donald jealous?is the little fat dictator pining away for the corpulent orange donald?or is Donald jealous the two people he admires most in the world have left him behind?…..naaaa just Putin begging for ammo to murder a nation from another criminal 

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7 hours ago, Tug said:

Is this all a ploy on Kim’s part to make Donald jealous?is the little fat dictator pining away for the corpulent orange donald?or is Donald jealous the two people he admires most in the world have left him behind?…..naaaa just Putin begging for ammo to murder a nation from another criminal 

More likely that Trump is fantasizing about a future threesome.