DPRK navy thread

[DPRKPTboat]

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Check this out. According to this, North Korea has built some sort of submergible fast attack craft. There's also information on KPAN sub cpabilities. I was wondering if anyone could verify this. And does anyon have any other information on North Korean naval cpabilities? I know its a secretive country, but i'm only asking.

 

[DPRKPTboat]

Heres the webhttp://www.strange-mecha.com/ship/M-Sub/N-Korea01.htmsite

 

[DPRKUnderground]

Lots of countries use this. It says that it can only go 3 meters under water. It poses no threat, just like the rest of the KPAN. They have old Romeo-class submarines, anti-ship missiles from the 60s which would be mince meat for SAMs, aginng frigates, corvettes, patrol boats. It's an antique Navy, most of their boats should be decomissioned.

 

[DPRKPTboat]

A lot of them should. But if you look at the whole of KPA, its weapons are pretty much out-of-date generally. What cna you cna you expect in such an isolated and impoversjed country? Didn't china supply them with some FACs at one point?

 

[DPRKUnderground]

A lot of them should. But if you look at the whole of KPA, its weapons are pretty much out-of-date generally. What cna you cna you expect in such an isolated and impoversjed country? Didn't china supply them with some FACs at one point?

Who knows, but that wouldn't stop an AEGIS destroyer and Type-209 Submarines.

 

[DPRKPTboat]

Lots of countries use this. It says that it can only go 3 meters under water. It poses no threat, just like the rest of the KPAN.

Although this thing would be useless as an FAC, it could have other uses, other than making good propaganda for the KCNA. It would be useful in surveillance and transferring special forces onto enemy shores undetected. According to the profile, one of these boats was sunk by a South Korean destroyer. It was probably conducting surveillance of the South Korean coast in their territorial waters, and was easily sunk by the destroyer. And if terrorists got hold of this it could make a useful suicide bomber - like the U.S.S. Cole incident, except underwater.

 

[DPRKUnderground]

Lots of countries use this. It says that it can only go 3 meters under water. It poses no threat, just like the rest of the KPAN.

Although this thing would be useless as an FAC, it could have other uses, other than making good propaganda for the KCNA. It would be useful in surveillance and transferring special forces onto enemy shores undetected. According to the profile, one of these boats was sunk by a South Korean destroyer. It was probably conducting surveillance of the South Korean coast in their territorial waters, and was easily sunk by the destroyer. And if terrorists got hold of this it could make a useful suicide bomber - like the U.S.S. Cole incident, except underwater.

This is why I think South Korean, the US, and Japan should deploy SOSUS in the Sea of Japan. Also it's speculated that those Golf-class Submarines they acquired never had the missile tubes deactivated. So now North Korea has mobile missile-platform at sea. Not only that but targeting a carrier group with a SCUD with a biological or chemical wargead is a danger for the sailors on board those ships.

 

[DPRKUnderground]

I opened a blog about the North Korea military threat:

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I'm pretty concerned with the Golf-class subs being inducted into the KPAN. It is outdated, but some upgrades to it can reduce noise. North Korea has a lor of experience with submarines.

 

[darth sidious]

the golfs doe not carry the scud missile they are only for the first production model the russian built about 3

the golf you are talking about here most likely carries the R-13/R-27 mnissile which can be launched underwater

its highly unlikely the north korean can convert them back into active use they can hardly float !!!!

 

[DPRKPTboat]

I'm not sure about mounting SCUDs on Golf submarines, but there are other ways in which the North Koreans could develop a maritme missile platform.

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From whatthis site is telling me, North Korea could hide missile launchers in crates in container ships. When they need to be fired, the crates open and the hidden No dongs, SCUDs, R-27s or whatever swing up on their launchers. A "Q" ship tactic. I don't know whether its a pipe dream or not. This site has got more info on it and on your Golf submarine theory. heres the link:

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