In this pool photo distributed by Sputnik agency, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region on Sept. 13, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a spaceport on Wednesday , likely discussing a range of possibilities for space-related cooperation., in the far east of the country.and the possibility of deepened military cooperation between the two countries — particularly Moscow seeking to obtain artillery and ammunition to support its war effort.
a new Soyuz-2 rocket launch facility from a viewing area during the visit, according to press reports.that Putin told reporters that"the leader of the DPRK shows great interest in rocket engineering." that can launch nuclear payloads. While launch vehicles insert satellites into particular orbits, ICBMs remain suborbital and release payloads that then fall to Earth on ballistic trajectories.