Analysts said the vessel appears to be a modified Soviet-era Romeo-class submarine, which North Korea acquired from China in the 1970s and began producing domestically. Its design, with 10 launch ...
The navy’s current submarine fleet ... ageing Chinese copies of Soviet-designed Romeo-class diesel attack boats from the 1950s. Just one North Korean sub qualifies as “new,” but even ...
But being launched from a submarine can make missiles harder to detect, and allows them to get closer to other targets. North Korea's existing Romeo-class submarines, which were built in the 1990s ...
The Navy unveiled a state-of-the-art attack submarine Thursday named after the revered independence fighter Yu Gwan-sun (1902 ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Around 22 Romeo submarines are believed to serve in North Korea’s navy today, though at least a handful of these aging vessels are likely not... Here’s What ...
Kim Jong Un attended the launch ceremony for North Korea’s first nuclear attack submarine, but Seoul says the North is exaggerating the sub’s capabilities.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a newly built submarine and ordered officials to further bolster the country's military capability, state media reported ...
SEOUL--The United States deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying about 150 Tomahawk missiles to South Korea on Friday, a day after North Korea resumed missile tests in protest of ...
North Korea has deployed its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” with the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in a ...
PYONGYANG, May 9. /TASS/. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un watched the launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Saturday. The missile ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Kim Jong Un announced his plans to prioritize nuclear weapons at the launch of North Korea's "tactical nuclear attack submarine." More from News Kim Jong Un ...