North Korea launches first nuclear submarine: Report

North Korea launched its first “tactical nuclear attack submarine” in a ceremony attended by Kim Jong Un.

The launching of the submarine was announced in North Korean state media. The Korean Central News Agency boasted that the launching of the submarine ushered in a “new era of Juche-oriented naval force,” referring to the state ideology.

“The majestic birth of the first underwater nuclear attack ship … heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force of the DPRK and made clearer the steadfast will of the WPK and the government of the DPRK to further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence both in quality and quantity and by leaps and bounds for regional and global peace and security,” it said.

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Source: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/north-korea-first-nuclear-submarine

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