Recent AI analysis of the Hamhung area has identified the construction of a new building at the Donghungsan Machine Factory, known for producing rockets for North Korean artillery. Considering Russia’s recent provision of technical support for the development of guided munitions for 240mm and 600mm multiple launch rocket systems and their export to Russia, long-term Russian technical assistance to North Korea would increase the asymmetric threat posed by North Korean artillery. Furthermore, it would destabilize the geopolitical balance on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia as a whole, potentially leading to conflict.