North Korea Had to Repair Submarine Before Missile Test

It appears the submarine that North Korea used to fire a missile from this weekend has not been in the best working condition:

In this photo released Oct. 20, 2021, by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, a new type of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is test-fired from waters the previous day. The South Korean military said on Oct. 19 that North Korea fired what appears to be an SLBM toward the East Sea from waters east of Sinpo, a city on the North’s east coast. 

The North Korean submarine that fired a ballistic missile from underwater Saturday was the one that had to be towed ashore due to an engine problem following an earlier missile test-firing in October last year, sources said Sunday.

The North is believed to have repaired the Gorae-class vessel since the Oct. 19 test-firing that also took place in waters off the country’s eastern coastal city of Sinpo, where the North’s main submarine shipyard is located.

Due to damage to its engine from the impact of the firing at the time, the 2,000-ton-class submarine could not move on its own and had to be towed by a tugboat to the Sinpo shipyard, according to military and intelligence authorities.

“Though the extent of the damage was not exactly determined, it was not in a condition where it could move on its own. It had to be towed,” a source said on condition of anonymity.

Yonhap

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setnaffa
2 years ago

How many well-baby clinics could they have funded for a year instead of this ridiculous missile-envy game?

How many Nork babies must die for Kim Fatty’s deviant desires?

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Flyingsword
2 years ago

So what, every US navy ship goes through maintenance before it puts to sea, or takes a longer dry dock / refit period depending on maintenance schedule. Why not make fun of the US Navy’s disastrous Littoral ships? Never worked and now being decommissioned and take out of service. https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-wants-to-decommission-six-littoral-combat-ships

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