North Korea's Diesel-Electric Ballistic Missile 'Frankensub' Emerges
The bizarre rework of an antique Romeo class diesel-electric submarine points to the Kim regime's second strike nuclear deterrent dreams.
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The bizarre rework of an antique Romeo class diesel-electric submarine points to the Kim regime's second strike nuclear deterrent dreams.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) is in the midst of developing programs for both submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and ballistic missile submarines (SSBs), potentially expanding the credibility, flexibility, and survivability of its current land-based nuclear force. Expansion of the DPRK’s nuclear force from a land-based monad to a land-based and sea-based dyad could increase the danger to the U.S.
Despite exaggerations and inevitable setbacks, North Korea’s missile test programme is increasingly impressive.