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.
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