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Q: North Korea also, they’re considering participating in the China-Russia’s military exercises soon. How [concerned are you] about this?
GEN. RYDER: Again, I’m not going to speak for North Korea today. Let me go back over here.
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Q: I have a China-Russia question, if I may. The AP is reporting that about 90 percent of Russia’s microelectronics are coming from China last year, which Russia has used to make missiles and tanks, etcetera, used in the war against Ukraine. Can you confirm that? What more can you tell us on that?
GEN. RYDER: I can. You know, as you’ve probably seen, we have indications that the PRC is supporting Russia’s war effort by helping to ramp up its defense production with significant quantities of machine tools, microelectronics, optics, UAV, cruise missile technology, which Russia is using to make propellants for weapons. And so this support is actively enabling Russia’s war in Ukraine and poses a significant threat to security — international security, so I’ll just leave it there.
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Source: U.S. Department of Defense
Speaker: Major General Pat Ryder, Pentagon Press Secretary
Format: Press Briefing
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