South Korea successfully tested its own missile launched from a submarine

South Korea successfully tested ballistic missile launched from homemade submarine, which would mean a significant expansion of its defenses against the neighboring North Korean regime, the national news agency reported on Tuesday.

The South Korean Defense Development Agency last week tested ballistic missiles fired from a self-produced 3,000-ton submarine., with six vertical launch guns, Yonhap reported, citing unidentified military sources.

These submarine launched missiles (SLBMs) would have a range of 500 kilometers and they would be ready for mass production after another round of testing, he said.

If this information is confirmed, South Korea is said to be among the select club of countries that have successfully developed these missiles.

His nuclear-weapon-equipped neighbor and Communist rival has long tried to produce this technology and during a military parade in January, chaired by dictator Kim Jong-un, he showed four such devices.

But although North Korea has released images of submarine launches, the latest in 2019, analysts believe the missiles emerged from a fixed platform or submersible boats, not a submarine. marine.

Kim Jong-un also told a party convention in January that they had completed planning for a nuclear submarine.

Although it could take years to bring it into service, it would be a game-changer since it would allow the Communist regime to launch submarine attacks, even if its land-based facilities were destroyed.

Faced with this threat, Seoul is also stepping up the arms race, allocating $ 1.3 billion from next year’s budget on Monday for defense technology research and development.

If parliament approves it, it would mean a 76% increase in the money allocated to this budget item.

(With information from AFP)

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