Su-35 model on display at the Museum of International Friendship in Pyongyang.
Is it purely for display, or represents some extraordinary turning point?
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Su-35 model on display at the Museum of International Friendship in Pyongyang.
Is it purely for display, or represents some extraordinary turning point?
maybe not the SU-35s, but today Lavrov arrived in North Korea on an official visit.....who knows, we may have to update this discussion frequently in the coming months.
It's a gift from a Chinese company
in the link you published it indicates 60 L-39,
in this one 12,
then if you look at this one dedicated to the DPRK, no L-39 is listed.
On the other hand, I have never seen L-39 with DPRK emblems.
if you have photos of North Korean L-39s, I would appreciate it if you could post them here.
Clearly don't know, never seen one either in north Korea colors. Just strange that it is listed somewhere. It was in relation of odd straight wings aircrafts on tarmac in other posts.
There is no way those are "simplified Su-25s with different wings". That's not how aircraft design and manufacturing works. The basic airframe is not at all hard to build, it is just sheet metal bent and cut to shape. Designing a new wing is the most complex option you could come up with, the simplest option would be to build the exact same wing. The air intakes look completely off for an Su-25 anyway.
It could be a different aircraft, mock-up or image quality. Partially disassembled for maintenance or due to accidents is another. Or covers draped over the wings, obscuring the shape somehow. IMO, the way they are bunched up with missing details like this suggests to me they are at a depot being cannibalized for spares and/or waiting for an overhaul. The one to the left could be the partial remains of a MiG-29 wreck. Someone mentioned the L-39, which I would agree with, and add that some also match the L-29. North Korea isn't really listed as an operator of those in common sources, but both would be easy to source on the private/black market via Russia.
First images of North Korean 152mm artillery rounds at the Russian frontline:
from those photos how can you say that they are on the Russian front?
it is known that the DPRK has been exporting its weapons and ammunition to various states in Africa and Asia for years, and as with the Iranian ones, there have been cases of seizures, therefore only if there are images from the battlefield will it be possible to ascertain who actually owned them uses.
PS
In the Russian/Ukrainian conflict both use that type of ammunition caliber.
