North Korea is building a giant warship. This can be seen in the pictures
According to CNN, the photos were taken by independent Satellite Satellite Service providers Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs on April 6. They show a ship under construction in the water in the Nampo shipyard on the west coast of North Korea, about 60 km southwest of the capital of Pyongyang. The station indicates that analysts say that photos show the ongoing structure of weapons and other internal systems of the ship, which is probably a rocket frigate (FFG) designed for carrying bullets in vertical launchers for use against goals on land and sea.
North Korea is building the largest warship
« FFG is about 140 meters (459 feet), which makes it the largest war ship produced in North Korea » – according to the analysis carried out by Joseph Bermudez Jr. and Jennifer Jun from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, at which CNN cites. The station emphasizes that for comparison, the Arleigh Class destroyers of the American Navy are about 505 feet length, and the Constellation class frigates, which are under construction, will have 496 feet in length.
Kim Jong Un armor Korea
Kim’s regime was involved in the rapid modernization of his armed forces, developing a number of new weapons and testing intercontinental ballistic missiles, which can reach almost every place in the United States. CNN emphasizes that it does so despite the sanctions of the United Nations, which impose strict restrictions on the access of DCO materials and technologies enabling the development of this weapon. However, closer relations with Russia from the beginning of the war in Ukraine may help North Korea overcome the UN sanctions, analysts say.
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Korea’s leader visited a new warship
CNN informs that the ship’s photos appeared in a state report of the Korean central television published at the end of last year at the plenary session of the ruling workers’ party. The photos showed the leader of Kim making the inspection of the ship’s construction. Paintings in the KCTV movie show that the war ship can have the type of weapons held by modern navy, including vertical launchers, which can be used to launch different bullets. The American website indicates that analysts have also noticed that the ship seems to be equipped with phase radar, which can track threats and goals faster and more accurately than the previously presented possibilities of North Korea.
Korea can afford a giant ship?
The service of such a large military war ship requires a significant budget. They must not only build a war ship, but also create a team that will operate it, and its service costs, including equipment and fuel. In addition, one huge warship cannot flow out alone. The question is whether North Korea can afford such an expense
-asks the South Korean legislator Kim Byung-Ke, a member of the Intelligence Committee of the National Assembly.
At the same time, he claims that one should not underestimate what the final product may look like, and especially its mortality.
Specialists think that the construction of the ship will last a year or even longer.
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Planet Labs PBC / Reuters
It is to be the largest of the Korean ships.
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Planet Labs PBC / Reuters
The construction is to last a year.
