The submarine will perform its combat mission as "one of core underwater offensive means of the naval force" of North Korea, Kim said. 841, named Hero Kim Kun Ok after a historic North Korean naval commanding officer, is "the first of its kind" and transferred to a submarine squadron under the East Sea Fleet of the North Korean Navy. The ceremony "heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force" and "made clearer the steadfast will" of the North Korean government to "further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence both in quality and quantity and by leaps and bounds for regional and global peace and security," according to the KCNA in an English-language report. However, South Korea's military immediately raised doubts on the capabilities of North's purported new tactical nuclear attack submarine. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended the launching ceremony for the newly built submarine ahead of the country's 75th founding anniversary on Saturday, said its official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). ![]() North Korea launched its first "tactical nuclear attack submarine" capable of carrying out an underwater nuclear attack, its state-run media said Friday. ![]() ![]() North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from left, attends a ceremony to launch a newly built ″tactical nuclear attack submarine” on Wednesday in a photo released by its official Korean Central News Agency on Friday.
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