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Defense industry of North Korea

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There are no known indigenous aircraft built in North Korea, factories supply components or parts for current aircraft flown such as for
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First Machine Industry Bureau - supplier of machine guns, likely Type 62 Light Machine Gun and Type 73 Light Machine Gun
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Wonsan Shipyards - located on east coast and builds small- and medium-size submarines (Sang-O and Yugo?)
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Nampho Shipyards - located on west coast and builds small- and medium-size submarines (Sang-O and Yugo?)
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and to supplement those purchased from China. Most equipment produced are copies of
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Yukdaeso-ri Shipyards - located on west coast and has built midget submarines (
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armed forces beginning in the 1970s, but increasingly so after the fall of the
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Fifth Machine Industry Bureau: Nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons
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Seventh Machine Industry Bureau: Production and purchase of war planes
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Sixth Machine Industry Bureau: Battleships and submarines
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Another is additional sub systems for aircraft such as
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