North Korea Is In The Process Of Developing A Fleet Of Nuclear Missile-Capable Submarines ( Source- The Business Insider, Author- Jeremy Bender)
Source- The Internet Source- The Business Insider Author- Jeremy Bender North 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. As Ghoshal writes: [T]hese submarines would be able to fire ballistic missiles . In fact, reports confirm that Pyongyang already is developing a vertical-launch system for submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) . Raising further concerns about that is the fact that North Korean ballistic missiles could be armed with nuclear warheads. This interest in a sea-based missile capability co