{"id":64979,"date":"2023-09-08T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/08\/see-north-koreas-new-ballistic-missile-submarine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:46:22","slug":"see-north-koreas-new-ballistic-missile-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2023\/09\/08\/see-north-koreas-new-ballistic-missile-submarine\/","title":{"rendered":"See North Korea\u2019s new ballistic missile submarine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4849\" data-id=\"4849\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251034454360.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251034454360.jpg.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251034454360.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251034454360.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251034454360.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251034454360.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251034454360.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5000px) 100vw, 5000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, foreground, attends a launching ceremony of what is reportedly a new nuclear attack submarine, named Hero Kim Kun Ok, in the country North Korea on Sept. 6, 2023. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4882\" data-id=\"4882\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251035990160.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251035990160.jpg.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251035990160.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251035990160.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251035990160.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251035990160.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251035990160.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5000px) 100vw, 5000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, second left, looks at what is said to be a new nuclear attack submarine. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"9413\" height=\"6275\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4904\" data-id=\"4904\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251273573012.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251273573012.jpg.jpg 9413w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251273573012.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251273573012.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251273573012.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251273573012.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251273573012.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 9413px) 100vw, 9413px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The North Korean port of Sinpo is seen Sept. 7, 2023, with a submarine in the lower left-hand corner. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4925\" data-id=\"4925\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036309562.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036309562.jpg.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036309562.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036309562.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036309562.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036309562.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036309562.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5000px) 100vw, 5000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korea&#8217;s new nuclear attack submarine is named Hero Kim Kun Ok. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4931\" data-id=\"4931\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036318314.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036318314.jpg.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036318314.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036318314.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036318314.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036318314.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23251036318314.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5000px) 100vw, 5000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">North Korea&#8217;s new nuclear attack submarine is named Hero Kim Kun Ok. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 North Korea has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/23\/kim-inspects-new-submarine-wants-north-korean-military-bolstered\/\" target=\"_blank\">new ballistic missile submarine<\/a> believed to be capable of firing both ballistic and cruise missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Sept. 6 launch ceremony for the submarine named Hero Kim Gun-ok. The event took place at the Pongdae Submarine Factory located at North Korea\u2019s Sinpo shipyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has described the boat as a \u201ctactical nuclear attack submarine.\u201dNorth Korean state media quoted Kim as saying at the ceremony that the country \u201cwill accelerate the nuclear armament of the Navy without letup\u201d while also pushing forward a \u201cplan for building nuclear submarines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also reportedly said in his speech that the submarine will be ready to carry out \u201cboth preemptive and retaliatory strikes\u201d and is intended to counter U.S. and South Korean \u201cinvasion fleets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analysts believe the boat is a rebuilt and modernized Soviet-designed Romeo-class diesel-electric submarine. Joseph Dempsey, a research associate for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank, said the photos released by North Korean had censored the sub\u2019s propeller area, possibly in a bid to conceal its origins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dempsey also believed the newly launched submarine is the same one North Korea showed off during a 2019 visit by Kim to Sinpo. High-resolution imagery released by the government showed a large missile compartment was added to the sail of the submarine, with 10 hatches believed to be for the vertical-launch missile tubes that are visible. The hatches are laid out in two rows of five, with the front four appearing larger than the remaining six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former is believed to be for housing submarine-launched ballistic missiles, while the latter are likely to house launch tubes for submarine-launched cruise missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/home\/2016\/07\/13\/us-anti-missile-plans-with-south-korea-spark-fresh-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\">previously tested<\/a> its Pukguksong-1\/KN-11 sub-launched ballistic missile. And the country\u2019s naval force is believed to have operated up to 20 Romeo-class boats, although the current state of the rest of the fleet is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts believe the boat is a rebuilt and modernized Soviet-designed Romeo-class diesel-electric 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