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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

North Korea Is In The Process Of Developing A Fleet Of Nuclear Missile-Capable Submarines

Kim Jong Un poses on a North Korean submarineNorth Korea is attempting to develop submarines capable of launching nuclear armed ballistic missiles, Debalina Ghoshal writes for USNI News.

North Korea is developing a new class of submarines based on the designs of the Soviet-era Golf-II class submarine.

Although these vessels have been surpassed by later US and European models and are basically obsolete by modern standards, North Korea is gaining technological insight from the submarines that could lead to a functioning ballistic missile vessel.

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