... mind you--the de jure military alliance confirmed.
North Korea has shown a high level of solidarity with Russia by deploying its forces to help Moscow repel the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. The long-rumored presence of North Korean forces in the area was officially confirmed earlier in the day during a televised meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country’s chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov. North Korean forces were deployed into the area under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang, which came into force last December. Among other things, the treaty envisions mutual military assistance “by all means available” in the event of an attack, Zakharova noted.
A full military alliance has been solidified and that means a "massive" message across the Eurasian land mass. Here is a hint of some things to come:
There is a large number of VLS and AFAR radar system, origin of which remains shrouded in secrecy for now, but I think we will learn soon enough about some basic characteristics of this warship. No organic helicopter though, just heli pad.