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It likely serves other purposes, but it resembles a seawater intake, with a configuration similar to those used, for example, on Soviet/Russian nuclear submarines.


These intakes do not pump seawater directly through the reactor core. Instead, they use a multi-circuit system in which seawater is used in a heat exchanger to condense steam into water in a separate, non-radioactive circuit.
Seawater intakes and outlets are typically located on the sides of the submarine's hull, aft of the main reactor compartment.

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my rough estimate of the dimensions
standard railing height 1.10m
Height of the scaffolding levels behind the submarine: 2.2m.
Hull diameter approximately 11m,
total height at the conning tower approximately 16m.
10 strategic missile launch tubes.
Length = ?

How can such a tiny country of 25m develop nuclear-powered submarines... not even accounting for fact they are poor too....How do they even have the resources to do all this.

In the past, my country did build a nuclear submarine (and even several), and the only computer available was a slide rule (I'm exaggerating a bit...). As long as you produce steel, your soil is suitable for uranium extraction, and you have engineers... it's possible. You just need the will to do it!

25 million is not that small, there are even smaller countries which built up advanced MICs in the past, such as say Sweden, though of course they focused on aircraft. Was also thinking of Israel, but they mostly leech money and knowledge from the americans, so that's not a worthwhile comparison.

North Korea tested a cruise missile and stated flight time is over 3 hours... 12030 seconds compared to 10200 for Hwasal-2.

Here are official statements and images.

mack8 said:

25 million is not that small, there are even smaller countries which built up advanced MICs in the past, such as say Sweden, though of course they focused on aircraft. Was also thinking of Israel, but they mostly leech money and knowledge from the americans, so that's not a worthwhile comparison.

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Also a lot of the nuclear tech was South African in origin, while the israelis only provided the funds as they were the only ones willing to deal with the Apartheid government openly without risk of getting sanctioned by the west for breaching the UN embargo.

Phead128 said:

How can such a tiny country of 25m develop nuclear-powered submarines... not even accounting for fact they are poor too....How do they even have the resources to do all this.

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"Poor" can be a rather relative concept... especially when we're talking about a country with a unique economic system like North Korea.

Many things in North Korea cannot be converted into money, for example. If they cannot be converted into money, they are not included in the GDP. The state has absolute control over land, meaning there is no booming real estate market there. Defense workers are not paid in cash, they are paid in kind – food, clothing, medical care, housing, etc., all free of charge.

So, in a sense, this submarine could be "free" to some extent :V (except if North Korea is importing the necessary equipment and technology for it from abroad, in which case they would need foreign currency to pay for it). And North Korea has industrial resources, a large intellectual workforce, and above all, the absolute political will to pursue it – from North Korea's perspective, these things are far more important than money.

chinois49 said:

Hi



my rough estimate of the dimensions
standard railing height 1.10m
Height of the scaffolding levels behind the submarine: 2.2m.
Hull diameter approximately 11m,
total height at the conning tower approximately 16m.
10 strategic missile launch tubes.
Length = ?

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Nice. typical Nuclear submarine can have Length to Diameter ratio of 10-14. So with 11 meter hull, you can expect 110-154 m. The thing is of course whether it's a single or double hull boat.