00:00The top U.S. military leader in the Pacific, Admiral Samuel Papereau, has issued a warning
00:06to senators about the growing security risks in the Indo-Pacific region, posed by the deepening
00:13military cooperation between China, North Korea and Russia.
00:18North Korea's development of advanced nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles pose a direct
00:22threat to our homeland and our allies and are executing a deepening cooperation with
00:28Russia.
00:29Russia's growing military cooperation with China adds another layer of complexity, creating
00:33a compounded challenge with the deepening cooperation among China, Russia and North Korea.
00:41Papereau went on to explain that China is supplying most of Russia's machine tools and legacy
00:46semiconductors to support its defense industry, likely in exchange for sensitive military technology
00:53that could improve China's submarine fleet.
00:56It follows claims by the South Korean military that North Korea has also deployed thousands
01:03of troops to support Russian forces in the war against Ukraine, while Ukrainian President
01:09Volodymyr Zelenskyy has previously accused Russia of actively recruiting Chinese citizens to fight
01:15alongside its forces.
01:16The South Korean military that North Korea has now deployed to China in the war against the
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