A major question is emerging over North Korea’s unveiling of what it claims to be an 8,700-ton nuclear-powered strategic guided-missile submarine — whether Russia has assisted Pyongyang in securing the naval reactor technology that would make such a leap possible.
The submarine under construction, revealed during North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s on-site inspection and reported by the North's state media Korean Central News Agency on Thursday, is significantly larger than the US Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine. KCNA said it represents an “epoch-making” upgrade in the North’s nuclear war deterrent.
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