Could North Korea Be Ready To Attack From The Sea?

TERROR BENEATH THE SEA 

Chilling satellite images suggest North Korea is about to launch missiles from submarines as nuke crisis with US escalates

The images emerged after Trump warned North Korea that the US military was "locked and loaded"

By Sam Webb

12th August 2017, 9:32 pm

 

Updated: 12th August 2017, 10:10 pm

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NEW satellite images of North Korea bases appear to show the volatile state is overhauling its missile sub fleet as tension rises during the nuclear stand-off between Kim Jong-un and the US.

The pictures show activity at a test site which is scarily similar to preparations before the Stalinist nation’s last test of their Pukguksong-1 submarine-launched ballistic missile in August 2016.

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The North Korean subs were seen in commercial satellite pictures

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North Korea released this image showing its submarine-launched missile

The images emerged after Trump warned North Korea that the US military was “locked and loaded” as Pyongyang accused the U.S. leader of driving the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war.

The Pentagon said the United States and South Korea would proceed as planned with a joint military exercise in 10 days, an action sure to further antagonise North Korea.

North Korean watcher Joseph Bermudez of 38North, which monitors military activity in the Stalinist country, has spotted changes on the boat and the facility it is docked in.

He said: “Recent commercial satellite imagery reveals several developments suggesting that North Korea may be accelerating the development of the sea-based leg of its nuclear forces.

“Since the July report, netting or tarps have been suspended above both the fore and aft decks of the submarine obscuring any activity taking place beneath them.

“The only other time this was seen was during May-July 2016 and prior to the failed July 9, 2016 Pukguksong-1 test.”

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North Korea appears to be attempting to upgrade its fleet of subs

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The pictures emerge as tension between the US and North Korea grows

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The facilities and buildings appear to have been upgraded

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Kim Jong-un has been repeatedly threatening to nuke America and it’s feared his next launches will be seaborne

Long-range ballistic missiles (ISBMs), and their submarine-housed counterparts (SLBMs), are rockets which can carry nuclear bombs and would be capable of striking the west coast of the US including cities such as Los Angeles and Seattle.

However, North Korea is not believed to have developed the technical capacity to mount a nuclear warhead on an SLBM.