Kim Jong Un, who attended the launch ceremony, said arming the navy with nuclear weapons was an urgent task. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday.
“The submarine-launching ceremony heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force of the DPRK,” KCNA said, using the initials of the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Analysts first spotted signs that at least one new submarine was being built in 2016, and in 2019 state media showed Kim inspecting a previously unreported submarine that was built under “his special attention” and that would be operational in the waters off the east coast.
It was not immediately clear what missiles the new submarine would be armed with. North Korea has test fired a number of long-range submarine launched ballistic missiles , as well as short-range SLBMs and cruise missiles that can be fired from submarines.
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