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North Korea’s Partially Sunk Frigate Has Already Been Ceremoniously Relaunched
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North Korea’s Partially Sunk Frigate Has Already Been Ceremoniously Relaunched

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 12, 2025

North Korean frigate dry dock
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North Korea’s Frigate That Partially Sunk Appears In Dry Dock With Mangled Superstructure

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 10, 2025

A North Korean frigate that partially submerged during a launch ceremony mishap is now floating.
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North Korean Frigate Now Floating Upright After Partially Capsizing During Disastrous Launch

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 5, 2025

North Korea looks to be making progress in recovering the second in its Choi Hyun class of frigates, which rolled over and was partially submerged after an incident at its launch ceremony last month.
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Partially Submerged North Korean Frigate Appears Upright Again In Satellite Image

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 3, 2025

Recovery efforts are underway for a North Korean frigate that capsized during a launch ceremony attended by dictator Kim Jong Un.
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Partially Sunk North Korean Frigate Recovery Effort Seen Underway In Satellite Image

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 23, 2025

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Aftermath Of Disastrous North Korean Frigate Launch Seen In Satellite Image (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 23, 2025

Imagery has emerged showing North Korea’s heavily armed new frigate, the Choi Hyon, firing a variety of weapons from its huge array of vertical launch system (VLS) cells. The missiles seen appear to include a previously unknown air defense missile and a possible new supersonic cruise missile.
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North Korea’s New Frigate Tests Its Weapons Days After Commissioning

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 30, 2025

North Korea Frigate
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North Korea’s New Frigate Has Ballistic Missile Launchers

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 27, 2025

South Korea's domestically developed Marine Attack Helicopter (MAH) completed its first flight test in December 2024, the country's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on January 15, 2025.
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This Is South Korea’s New Heavily Armed Marine Attack Helicopter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

North Korea's new warship with VLS and phased array radar.
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North Korea’s New Warship Appears To Be Designed For Vertical Launch System, Phased Array Radar

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 30, 2024

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a ceremony on September 6 to celebrate the launch of a newly built "tactical nuclear attack submarine" during a news program at the Yongsanl Railway Station. North Korea has launched a newly built "tactical nuclear attack submarine" capable of carrying out an underwater nuclear attack, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence," the North's state media said on September 8. (
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Signs Point To North Korea Building A Nuclear-Powered Submarine: South Korean Intel

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2024

North Korea Nuclear Missile Submarine
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North Korea’s Diesel-Electric Ballistic Missile ‘Frankensub’ Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

North Korea corvette nuclear armed
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“Strategic” Cruise Missile Tested From North Korea’s New Corvette

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 21, 2023

North Korea Trades Missiles For Militias At Its Latest Parade
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North Korea Trades Missiles For Militias At Its Latest Parade

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 9, 2021

This U.S. Navy ‘Yellow Submarine’ Was A Target Shaped Like A North Korean Sub
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This U.S. Navy ‘Yellow Submarine’ Was A Target Shaped Like A North Korean Sub

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Here’s What You Missed From Last Night’s Big North Korean Military Parade
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Here’s What You Missed From Last Night’s Big North Korean Military Parade

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 8, 2018