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North Korea exported 40 missiles over the last four years, a U.S. report says. ¡°North Korea shipped about 40 ballistic missiles to other nations in the four-year period ending in 2005,¡± the new York Times on Sunday quoted a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) as saying. ¡°Transfers of these weapons are prohibited under international agreements to control the trade of ballistic missiles,¡± the daily added. North Korea was caught attempting to export Scud missiles to Yemen by Spanish authorities back in 2002. The U.S. Defense Department speculates that Pyongyang recently exported weapons to 18 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. AP reports that these countries are Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Angola, Burma, Ethiopia and Indonesia.
Meanwhile, The CRS said Russia overtook the U.S. as the biggest arms exporter last year by shifting US$7 billion worth of weapons. France was second with $6.3 billion and the U.S. came third with $6.2 billion. The CRS compiles and announces statistics about weapons exports in countries around the world every year.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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