Defense industry of North Korea

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North Korea's defence industry predates the Korean War, but has emerged as a major supplier to the North Korean armed forces beginning in the 1970s,^[1] but increasingly so after the fall of the Soviet Union and to supplement those purchased from China.^[1] Most equipment produced are copies of Soviet and Chinese built military hardware.