I got bigger… North Korea Protests New SLBM To Load Nuclear Submarine

-North Korea unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM, photo) that is expected to be mounted on a strategic nuclear propulsion submarine (SSBN) at a parade ceremony held at Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang on the night of the 14th. It is interpreted that Kim Jong-un, who first formalized the development of a strategic nuclear submarine at the 8th Labor Party Congress, exposed the threat of a nuclear surprise against the US by exposing a new nuclear missile to be mounted on a submarine.

The North Korean labor newspaper reported on the’underwater strategic ballistic missile’ mobilized in the night fever the day before the 15th, claiming that it was the “world’s strongest weapon” with a number of photos. The existence of a new SLBM was revealed again three months after the announcement of the Polar Star-4 SLBM at a fever ceremony on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the party last October.

In his speech, North Korean Defense Minister Kim Jong-gwan said, “If hostile forces infringe on the security of our country, we will preemptively mobilize the strongest offensive forces and thoroughly punish.” It warned of the principle of a nuclear preemptive strike against both Korea and the United States. Unlike Yeol Byung-sik last year, Chairman Kim only attended and did not give a speech in the presidency. It was analyzed that the new SLBM marked’North Star-5ㅅ’ on the body is similar in length to the North Star-4 type, but has a larger warhead and diameter. The possibility is raised as a’multi-warhead SLBM’ that has increased the weight and range of the warhead. An improved version of the North Korean version of Iskander (KN-23) was also unveiled for the first time. It appears to have been converted into a hypersonic weapon equipped with a tactical core that Chairman Kim ordered to develop. However, since the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is not visible, there are observations that the minimum “water level adjustment” was made in consideration of the launch of the US administration on the 20th by Joe Biden.