"North Korea's Role as Top Weapons Provider to Russia Exposed"

North Korea is supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine conflict, but the effectiveness of the US Patriot air defense system in countering Russian missiles raises doubts about the North Korean missiles' impact. The transfer of these missiles provides valuable insights to North Korea and could potentially deplete the stocks of missiles for air defense systems in Ukraine, prompting NATO members to pledge to bolster Ukraine's air defenses with 1,000 Patriot missiles.