North Korea Unveils New Nuclear Submarine: Key Details and Expert Insights
The Korean Central Telegraph Agency has released photographs of a North Korean nuclear submarine and reported on the visits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to major shipyards where military vessels are being constructed.
Source: CTAK
“Comrade Kim Jong Un familiarized himself with the current status of work aimed at achieving the shipbuilding goals set at the party congress, the level of technical equipment at the shipyards, and the progress of their reconstruction and modernization. Comrade Kim Jong Un also inspected the construction of the nuclear submarine equipped with strategic guided missiles, which is being expedited in accordance with the resolution of the VIII Party Congress,” the agency reported.
No details about the first nuclear submarine of North Korea were provided.
South Korean submarine expert Moon Kyung-sik, who teaches at Hanyang University in Seoul, stated that the submarine likely belongs to the 6 000 or 7 000-ton class and can carry about 10 missiles. The use of the term “strategic guided missiles” indicates that the submarine will be capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
