North Korea Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

mack8 said:

Also are there any drawing /images showing the Tuman and Amnok classes side by side, to make out clearly the differences between them, sizes, displacement, weapons fit etc.? To me it looks like on the www they are constantly mixing them up, and even say Tuman is a 3,000 ton Krivak hull.

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Amnok on the left, Tuman on the right.

They are actually the same size, although their original roles were not. Amnok was designed as a missile frigate, while Tuman was originally designed with a huge helicopter deck – presumably for the anti-submarine role.

Apparently they realized that would be extremely inefficient so they converted it back into a missile frigate - essentially turning it into a "reinvented" Amnok, with a different forward superstructure.

mack8 said:

And on another subject, any other images/news about what me and few other folks believe to be a medium range SAM (see link below)? Could this be a variant of the Pyoljjy-1/2 but without the booster, or perhaps like i believe @Valiant1002 mentioned previously, a SAM version of the apparent BVR AAM seen in 2021 iirc? Incidentally, i do agree and would be sensible for DPRK to create an IRIS type SAM system from the BVR and WVR AAMs shown back then.

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The North Korean Navy could also clearly benefit if North Korea successfully develops a medium-to-long range air defense system based on indigenous AAMs.

Smaller systems could fit on smaller hulls, like the Israeli frigates/corvettes that can carry the medium-to-long range Barak missile. Building smaller hulls would benefit North Korean shipbuilders, who are generally better at building small and medium-sized ships.

Kinda curious on state of current North Korean industries, particularly electronics. Were they able to manufacture some fundamental components like say, radar transmitters ? tubes or solid states.