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Is North Korea ready to launch submarine ballistic missiles? US agency analyzes

2019-08-29T08:43:20.980Z


US sink tank, Institute for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), 28th, North Korea built a submarine that is supposed to be equipped with a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at the shipyard in Shinpo, Sagami-Kangnam-do, on the 28th. Is possible ...


US sink tank, Institute for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), 28th, North Korea built a submarine that is supposed to be equipped with a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at the shipyard in Shinpo, Sagami-Kangnam-do, on the 28th. Announced the analysis results that may have been.

The analysis is based on 26-day satellite images. “It shows an increase in North Korean ballistic missiles and nuclear threats, making it difficult to track and preempt, making it difficult to defend the region.” He expressed concern that "the nuclear force will be closer to that which can survive and reduce the possibility of complete denuclearization."

In late July, Chosun Central News Agency reported that North Korea ’s Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Korean Labor Party, inspected the newly built submarine, and pointed out that the submarine would carry out a mission on the Sea of ​​Japan side. Some South Korean experts predicted that if the joint exercise conducted by the US and South Korea this month was not interrupted as requested by North Korea, SLBM would be launched to show protest. (Washington = Watanabe Hill)

Source: asahi

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