2023-09-11 20:46:00
North Korea announced this Friday (8) that it has built a new ‘tactical nuclear attack submarine’, a weapon designed to reinforce the Navy. Dictator Kim Jong-un participated in the launch into the sea and dressed peculiarly, as usual, in a light suit and Panama-style hat.
Despite the pomp, the South Korean Army said it was just propaganda, as the launch was publicized by the North Korean dictatorship’s state news agency. For the South Koreans, the vessel doesn’t even work
Kim Jong-un stated that the vessel is part of the ‘evolution of the Navy’s nuclear arsenal’
Images released by North Korean state media show Kim dressed in a bright suit and an exotic hat. He addressed the members of the Armed Forces, who were all dressed in white. The vessel was decorated with the flag of North Korea
The launch of submarine number 841, called ‘Hero Kim Kun Ok’, marks ‘a new chapter in the strengthening of the country’s naval forces’, according to KCNA, the state press
The North Korean leader declared that the submarine ‘will fulfill its combat mission’ and will be ‘one of the main means of submarine attack of the national naval forces’
North Korea will transform its current submarines into combat vessels equipped with nuclear weapons, Kim Jong-un’s dictatorship has declared
During the ceremony, which included confetti and other decorations, Kim Jong-un mentioned a ‘strategic and tactical plan to continue strengthening the modernization of submarine and surface forces, as well as the advancement of the Navy’s nuclear weapons in the future’
Accompanied by soldiers dressed in impeccable white uniforms and sporting several medals, Kim inspected the submarine as it prepared to make its first foray into the sea.
According to KCNA, Kim insisted on the ‘need’ to equip Navy submarines and other vessels ‘with tactical nuclear weapons’
The South Korean Army, however, warns that the statement should not be taken literally. ‘Our initial assessment is that the submarine does not appear to be capable of entering into operation’, the heads of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told AFP.
North Korea has carried out several military exercises, with missile firing, this year. In August, his second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed. In response to these trials, South Korea and the United States strengthened their defense cooperation and carried out joint military tests
According to the Nuclear Threat Initiative think tank, based in the United States, North Korea has one of the most important submarine fleets in the world and has between 64 and 86 vessels of this type.
However, experts warn that few are able to enter into operation due to the age of the vessels.
In 2019, state media showed Kim Jong-un investigating a submarine that had never been seen before
‘It is the same submarine, although profoundly modified’, assessed Joseph Dempsey, researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, on the social network X (formerly Twitter)
Ankit Panda, an analyst working in the United States, added that the new submarine’s capabilities “will not be revolutionary, but they have increased the complexity of the nuclear threat echoed by North Korea.”
South Korea condemned the construction of the submarine
Kim In-ae, deputy spokesperson for South Korea’s Ministry of Unification, said Pyongyang ‘is wasting its scarce resources on useless weapons development while ignoring the hardships of its people’s lives.’
“Pyongyang must understand that its weapons programs and threats only endanger its security in the face of the devastating response from the reinforced joint position of South Korea, the United States and Japan,” he added
Relations between the two Koreas are at their highest level of stress in years, with diplomatic management at a standstill following frustrated attempts to discuss Pyongyang’s nuclear disarmament
Negotiations between the two countries are closely monitored by American authorities, who promise to retaliate against North Korea if the arms trade materializes.
‘They’re going to pay a price for this in the international community,’ White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters when asked during a press conference about ‘active discussions’ between Moscow and Pyongyang on arms deliveries
Last week, the spokesman for the United States National Security Council, John Kirby, had already expressed his concern about the rapid progress of these negotiations on future arms deliveries and had urged the communist regime to ‘cease’ these discussions
‘It says a lot that Russia has to turn to a country like North Korea to reinforce its defense capabilities,’ he added. Specifically, Pyongyang could supply ammunition for artillery, as well as raw materials for the Russian defense industry
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