The analysts verified the connection by checking the email’s cryptographic signatures against a set of keys controlled by NPO Mash. However, given NPO Mash’s position as a top Russian missile designer and producer, the company would be a valuable target, Schiller added. Last month, North Korea test-launched the Hwasong-18, the first of its ICBMs to use solid propellants. “North Korea announced that it was doing the same thing in late 2021. If NPO Mash had one useful thing for them, that would be top of my list,” he added.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 07, 2023 12:07 UTC