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originally posted by: kwakakev
a reply to: muckleduck
Wow, some threat, there are repercussions with everything we do or don't do. Are things that bad that NK and USA cannot even work together on something as basic as internet security? Surly there is a mutual benefit if the code can work together, or maybe having someone to demonize is important too?
North Korea is making waves with the reported test launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) – a game-changing “world-level strategic weapon,” according to leader Kim Jong-Un. If confirmed, the test would violate existing UN resolutions.
Kim personally oversaw the launch, the state-run KCNA agency reports. The report detailed how the launcher submarine dived at the sound of a combat alarm to test fire the missile.
Satellite images taken earlier this week appeared to show the top of a new North Korean submarine, complete with a pair of launch tubes that could be used for ballistic or cruise missiles. Analysts are wary of drawing conclusions on that, as they believe a full SLBM capability would simply be too costly and cumbersome for Pyongyang to develop at this time – “years”, according to the same Johns Hopkins university experts that analyzed the images.
"An SLBM capability would certainly increase the credibility of the North's retaliatory threat, but I'd like to see what foreign intel says about this test," he added.
Kim is as embattled as ever, though, claiming the launch now means the North possesses a “world-level strategic weapon capable of striking and wiping out in any waters the hostile forces infringing upon (North Korea's) sovereignty and dignity."