North Korea is building two new submarines, including one capable of firing ballistic missiles, a South Korean lawmaker said today, following a closed-door briefing by the South's National Intelligence Service. The country has a large submarine fleet but only one known experimental submarine is capable of carrying a ballistic missile. 'One of the submarines North Korea is building can carry a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM),' Ha Tae-keung, an opposition party lawmaker on parliament's intelligence committee, told Reuters. North Korea is building two new submarines, including one capable of firing ballistic missiles, a lawmaker revealed today. Kim's vow to unveil new strategic weapons this year also led to speculation that North Korea could soon deploy an operational ballistic missile submarine.

Source: Daily Mail November 03, 2020 12:55 UTC