19 Jan 2024

“What we do know about it, if it's close to what they tested last year, is that this underwater unmanned vehicle is likely quite slow. It's a very exotic system. It probably runs only something around eight knots per hour, which is somewhere around 14 or 15km [8.6-9.3 miles] per hour. It's probably quite vulnerable to anti-submarine warfare. Its value is more likely political in light of the US, South Korean, and Japanese drills. This does not make North Korea happy, and the political signal from this message here is quite clear - that it's going to continue to develop its nuclear arsenal in this sort of … spiral situation that we find ourselves in now.”

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Mason Richey

   Professor

Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul

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North Korea military posture

North Korea testing an underwater nuclear weapons system - Considerations

North Korean possible response to the South Korea - US military drills

US - South Korea military drills