The export of ballistic missiles and related technology is one of North Korea's main sources of hard currency. Media reports estimate that Pyongyang earns an estimated $100 billion to $500 billion per year from missile sales alone -- and according to the CIA, that money fuels continued missile development and production. Here is a map showing where North Korea is exporting missiles and where it gets its missile technology. [Note: Click on a country to learn more.]

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Countries to whom North Korea sells missiles. Countries that sell missles to North Korea. Countries that buy and sell missiles to and from North Korea.

Sources: CIA, "Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat Through 2015: Unclassified Summary of a National Intelligence Estimate" (December 2001);
CIA, "Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions" (January 2003);
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "North Korea Overview";
The National Bureau of Asian Research, "Ballistic Missiles and Missile Defense in Asia" (June 2002)

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