N. Korea Building New Submarine: US Think Tank

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published October 01, 2016 | 12:50 PM

SEOUL, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 01st Oct, 2016 ) - Recent satellite imagery suggests North Korea may be building a new, larger submarine for ballistic missiles, a US think tank has said, as the isolated state pushes its nuclear weapons programme.

The news comes after the North in August test-fired a submarine-launched missile (SLBM) 500 kilometres (around 300 miles) towards Japan, which leader Kim Jong-Un said put the US mainland and the Pacific within striking range.

"Commercial satellite imagery strongly suggests that a naval construction program is underway at North Korea's Sinpo South Shipyard, possibly to build a new submarine," the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said on its closely-watched website, 38 North.