Have the North Koreans been watching James Bond movies again?
Posted on 07/22/2016 8:49:30 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea building secret ballistic missile submarine base
By Peter Foster, and agencies
22 July 2016 • 4:08pm
North Korea is constructing a massive underground facility capable of sheltering ballistic missile submarine at a location on its east coast, new satellite images have shown.
News of the fortified submarine pens in the port city of Sinpo comes as tension spiked again on the Korean Peninsula following a series of recent missile and weapons tests.
Earlier this month North Korea tested a Pukgeukseong (Polaris) submarine-launched ballistic missile in waters off Sinpo in the Sea of Japan, deepening fears that Pyongyang is moving closer to obtaining a submarine-launched missile capability (SSB).
The new images analysed by IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly appear to show the base with two new 490ft (150m) pens under construction close to the Mayang-do Naval Base, near Sinpo.
“The massive investment North Korea is making into building the new submarine bunker at Sinpo suggests it will be used to protect its most prized naval asset – the SSB capability it is currently developing,” wrote Jane’s analysts.
Given that the pens are far bigger than required to house North Korea’s existing 250ft-long Romeo-class submarines, analysts have speculated that the pens are being built to house a new class of ballistic missile submarines still under development.
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Wait for pictures of workers wearing jumpsuits that say “Secret Submarine Base” in English.
They will be commanded by Captain Smith...
Pretty #Dark reporting there.
I thought Bubba and Maddie Half-Bright fixed all that.
About 60 miles down the coast from Kimchaek where the land missiles are
Maybe they can find some of my guns.
I can’t imagine a much scarier thing than being a North Korean Submariner.
Since I doubt they have the technology to construct a tunnel beneath the ocean, it would mean the subs have to enter the base via a surface entrance. Simply blow up the entrance and seal them inside.
Take the blue pill and stay in your pod. Ignorance is bliss ! If you take the red pill, the world becomes a dark place ruled by machines that have no hearts.
Watching cankles put on her pantsuit.
Send a cruise missile with a small nuke warhead through the front door of secret submarine base.
Ummmm. Since the Telegraph is reporting its location, it’s not a secret.
Just mine the exit/entrance.
Thanks for the ping.
Not a “secret” any more!
North Korea is still 10 years or more away from having a fully operational SLBM capability, despite recent tests.
Tests are likely to have been conducted from stationary launch platforms instead of submarines, according to an analyst.
Have the North Koreans been watching James Bond movies again?
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