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Military Review Issue 2310 has been published. This issue features an analysis of North Korea’s SLBM submarinealong with a detailed analysis of the new technologies revealed by the Defense Science Research Institute at the National Defense Science and Technology Exhibition.
North Korea’s SLBM Submarine Revealed!
On September 6, 2023, North Korea held a ceremony for a new tactical nuclear attack submarine. This new submarine, named the Hero Kim Gun Ok No. 841 at the ceremony attended by Kim Jong Un himself, is expected to be deployed to the East Sea Fleet’s underwater unit.
During the unveiling, some media analyzed it as a nuclear submarine due to the term ‘tactical nuclear attack submarine’, but in reality, it is a conventional submarine that has modified the Romeo-class submarine.
This is the new submarine of North Korea, the Kim Gun Ok Hero, which was launched on September 6. North Korea classifies this submarine as a tactical nuclear attack submarine.
◆ What’s the reality of the Kim Gun Ok Hero?
With the appearance of North Korea’s SLBM submarine, numerous experts at home and abroad are continuing their analysis.
For example, Tom Sharpe, a former captain of the British Navy’s escort ship, wrote in The Telegraph that the new submarine is technically outdated, has limited operational capabilities, and has become a ‘laughing stock’ among underwater operations experts.
Considering that even civilians who have received some identification training can identify many flaws or negative signs from the pictures released by North Korea, it is difficult to see this evaluation as an exaggeration.
Almost all experts point out that North Korea’s SLBM submarine is based on the Romeo-class submarine that appeared in the 1950s, but they also made technical efforts such as adopting the original function structure and stealth-type snorkel.
We analyzed the performance and structural characteristics of North Korea’s SLBM submarine, SLBM operational capabilities, and overall tactics, and conducted a comprehensive evaluation of North Korea’s submarine technology.
This is the P-8A Poseidon for the Korean Navy, photographed at the Boeing factory. The Navy plans to order 6 P-8A Poseidons with an investment of 1.9 trillion won and start receiving them from 2023.
What is the Korean Navy’s response?
Since the information that North Korea is building an SLBM submarine has been leaking since the early 2010s, the Korean Navy has been preparing a response project for 10 years.
The Korean Navy first gave the Korean TAS operational capability to 6 Jang Bogo-class submarines, and decided to equip the Jang Bogo-III Batch II-class with a next-generation bow sonar that greatly enhances coastal detection capabilities. And now, the Son Won-il-class improvement project has been decided, and the sonar system will be enhanced and lithium batteries will be installed along with the introduction of the Korean combat command system.
The Navy is also stepping up to strengthen maritime patrol aircraft, investing 1.9 trillion won to introduce 6 P-8A maritime patrol aircraft. The Korean Navy believes that if the Sejong the Great-class, King Jeongjo-class, and KDDX-class have maritime ballistic missile interception capabilities in a situation where the North Korean SLBM submarine operation area is blocked, even if the SLBM is launched, it can intercept at the most vulnerable boost stage.
We analyzed the Korean Navy’s SLBM submarine blockade strategy and response forces, and the ultimate solution as the development status of the anti-submarine unmanned submarine.
This is the new version of K2PL Black Leopard unveiled at MSPO 2023. With a completely redesigned turret, it is equipped with electronic warfare equipment that can jam drones on top of the turret.
Latest K2PL Model & NKTO Wheeled Armored Vehicle
Hyundai Rotem participated in the 28th International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO 2023) held in Kielce, Poland, and announced the latest version of K2PL and the K2 series combat vehicle.
Here, the series refers to the K2 CEV (combat engineer vehicle), K2 ARV (recovery vehicle), and K2 AVLB (armored vehicle-launched bridge), and on September 14, there was also news of a consortium agreement between Hyundai Rotem and PGZ, which oversees the Polish defense industry.
The new version of the K2PL tank has a reduced armor plate area on the front of the turret, and its shape has also changed to the shape of the existing K2 tank. When viewed from the front of the turret, it takes the diamond shape that reminds you of the turret of the K1 tank.
The most interesting technology is the hard-kill active defense system support system, and the addition of what looks like drone jamming electronic warfare equipment on top of the turret.
In addition, it is highly likely that the EST15K transmission developed by SNT Dynamics in Korea will be applied to the Polish Army’s K2PL, and currently, the