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North Korea announced this Friday that construction of a new “tactical nuclear attack submarine”, a weapon intended to reinforce its naval force, indicated the North Korean state agency KCNA.
The North Korean president Kim Jong-unhad already participated on Wednesday in an event about that submarine and had assured that “It is part of an advance in the nuclearization of the navy”according to the agency.
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The president inspected the submarine this Thursday.
According to KCNA, Kim Jong-un insisted “the need“to equip submarines and other naval vessels”with tactical nuclear weapons”.
North Korea It has carried out a record number of nuclear tests this year, and at the end of August it made its second failed attempt to launch a spy satellite.
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Relations between the two Koreas are at their lowest point in years, with diplomatic efforts stalled after failed attempts to discuss the denuclearization of Pyongyang.
Source: Elcomercio
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