SEOUL — North Korea on Friday (Sept 8) announced it had built a 'tactical nuclear attack submarine' as part of its effort to strengthen its naval force, the state news agency KCNA reported.
North Korea on Friday announced it had built a"tactical nuclear attack submarine" as part of its effort to strengthen its naval force, the state news agency KCNA reported.
The launching of submarine No 841, named the Hero Kim Kun Ok,"heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force of the DPRK", the KCNA report said, referring to the country by the abbreviation of its formal name. North Korea has conducted a record number of weapons tests this year, and last month failed in its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit.
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