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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:36 pm 
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Yikes! Another SLBM test launch:

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North Korea launches missile from submarine, South Korea says
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North Korea has fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday.

The missile was fired at 6:30 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET), South Korean officials said, and appears to have flown for about 30 km (about 19 miles) -- well short of the 300 km (roughly 186 miles) that would be considered a successful test.
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A related update:

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Agence France-Presse 10:55 a.m. EDT May 4, 2016


SEOUL, South Korea — Recent satellite images suggest North Korea has completed the external renovation of a shipyard dedicated to building and launching a new class of ballistic missile submarines, a US think tank said Wednesday.

While it is unlikely that any such vessel would become operational before 2020, the North's efforts to develop a working submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is clearly "making progress," according to the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

A credible SLBM capability would take North Korea's nuclear strike threat to a new level, allowing deployment far beyond the Korean peninsula and the potential to retaliate in the event of a nuclear attack.

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Back to the drawing board...or straight to the gulag/work camp for Kim Jong Un's usual scapegoats.

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North Korean missile launched from sub apparently failed - South Korea
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July 9, 2016 11:21 AM


(UPDATE 2 - 1:12 p.m.) North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Saturday but the launch appears to have failed in the early stages of flight, South Korea's military said.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was launched at about 11:30 a.m. Seoul time (0230 GMT) in waters east of the Korean peninsula.

The missile was likely fired from the submarine as planned but appears to have failed in the early stage of flight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

North Korea previously fired an SLBM on April 23 in a test hailed as an "eye-opening sucess" by leader Kim Jong-Un, who at the time declared his country had the ability to strike Seoul and the US whenever it pleased.
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From last week: Success my a**. :roll:

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N.Korea test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile -S.Korea
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SEOUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A submarine-launched ballistic missile fired by North Korea on Wednesday flew about 500 km (300 miles), South Korea's military said, and South Korean news agency Yonhap said it fell inside Japan's Air Defence Identification Zone.

The missile was fired off the North's east coast into the sea, the South's military said earlier on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jack Kim and Ju-min Park; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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North Korea's Kim Praises Submarine Launch Test as a Success

By hyung-jin kim, associated press

SEOUL, South Korea — Aug 24, 2016, 10:24 PM ET


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday that his country had achieved the "success of all successes" in launching a missile from a submarine, saying it effectively gave the country a fully equipped nuclear attack capability and put the U.S. mainland within striking distance.

Kim's comments, carried by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency, came a day after South Korean officials said a ballistic missile fired from a North Korean submarine was tracked flying about 500 kilometers (310 miles), the longest distance achieved by the North for such a weapon.

North Korea already has a variety of land-based missiles that can hit South Korea and Japan, including U.S. military bases in those countries. But its development of reliable submarine-launched missiles would add a weapon that is harder to detect before launch.

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Another SSBK? :shock:


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North Korea possibly building large submarine, says report
- 03 October 2016
Commercial satellite imagery suggests that a naval construction programme is under way at North Korea's Sinpo South Shipyard, possibly to build a new, large submarine, the 38 North website of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) said in a 30 September report.

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Is North Korea's Nuclear Missile Sub Ready to Set Sail?

Satellite photographs indicate the submarine is almost ready for its first patrol.



By Kyle Mizokami
Dec 19, 2016

North Korea's nuclear ballistic missile submarine may be prepared to head out to sea. The deployment of the submarine would make the country's nuclear weapons more difficult to track while theoretically extending their range, possibly as far as the United States and beyond.


According to longtime North Korea watcher Joseph Bermudez at 38North, satellite imagery (above) provides circumstantial evidence that the submarine and the floating barge used to test missiles have both recently gone to sea. Bermudez points to removal of camouflage netting over the submarine—likely meant to deter exactly this kind of analysis—and the presence of stacks of supplies next to the sub.

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North Korean Submarine Missile Threat Prompts U.S.-Led Military Drills
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HONG KONG — Amid fears that North Korea is rapidly developing its submarine-launched ballistic missile technology, the United States, Japan and South Korea are teaming up for a drill to track such hard-to-detect missiles, military officials said Monday.
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The drill is taking place over two days in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, said South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and will involve destroyers from the three nations doing computer-simulated training to track submarine missile launchings by North Korea.

The drills come in the wake of news reports that North Korea is making progress developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles, or SLBMs. The website 38 North, based at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, obtained images of cylindrical objects, evidence that “suggests construction of a new submarine” at a facility on North Korea’s east coast.

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let's see if this turns out to be nothing more than rickety prototype or an actual threat:

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North Korea just revealed one of its most potentially dangerous weapons yet
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North Korea has released pictures of a new submarine that it could potentially use to launch nuclear weapons. If that’s the case, the country may have gained a very dangerous, stealthy ability to threaten the US and its allies — all in defiance of President Donald Trump.
Pyongyang released three images on Monday night showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un standing in front of a massive submarine inside a shipyard. Experts say it’s large enough that it could carry missiles equipped with nuclear bombs, allowing Kim to order nuclear strikes from unknown underwater locations.
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And an update on their SSBK program:

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Photos show North Korea may be building a submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles

New photos show North Korea building a submarine that could be capable of launching ballistic missiles. Former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, Victor Cha, and former Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Ambassador Wendy Sherman, join Andrea Mitchell with more on what this means for tracking threats throughout the region.

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Images suggest North Korea may be preparing launch of submarine missile -think tank
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WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Satellite imagery of a North Korean shipyard on Friday shows activity suggestive of preparations for a test of a medium-range submarine-launched ballistic missile, a U.S. think tank reported on Friday.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies said the images it published on its website of North Korea's Sinpo shipyard showed several vessels within a secure boat basin, one of which resembled vessels previously used to tow a submersible test stand barge out to sea.
It said the activity was "suggestive, but not conclusive, of preparations for an upcoming test of a Pukguksong-3 submarine launched ballistic missile from the submersible test stand barge."
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North Korea reportedly unveiled its new SLBM in its usual military parade:

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See the weapons at North Korea’s latest military parade
By: Mike Yeo and Kim Tong-Hyung, The Associated Press   1 day ago
SEOUL, South Korea, and MELBOURNE, Australia — North Korea displayed new submarine-launched ballistic missiles under development and other military hardware in a parade that underlined leader Kim Jong Un’s defiant calls to expand the country’s nuclear weapons program.
Kim presided over Thursday’s parade, which took place at night under powerful floodlights, the second time the country has done so. State media said he took center stage at the parade celebrating a major ruling party meeting in which he vowed maximum efforts to bolster the nuclear and missile program that threatens Asian rivals and the American homeland to counter what he described as U.S. hostility.
During an eight-day Workers’ Party congress that ended Tuesday, Kim also revealed plans to salvage the nation’s economy, hit by U.S.-led sanctions over his nuclear ambitions, pandemic-related border closures and natural disasters that wiped out crops.
The economic setbacks have left Kim with nothing to show for his ambitious diplomacy with President Donald Trump, which derailed over disagreements about sanctions relief in exchange for North Korean denuclearization steps, and pushed Kim to what is clearly the toughest moment of his nine-year rule.
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