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Satellite photos suggest North Korea preparing submarine missile test: report
SCMP ^ | 12 August, 2017

Posted on 08/12/2017 9:05:36 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Satellite photos suggest North Korea preparing submarine missile test: report

A proven system would take Kim Jong-un’s strike threat to a new level, allowing deployment beyond the Korean peninsula

PUBLISHED : Saturday, 12 August, 2017, 3:32pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 12 August, 2017, 3:32pm

Recent satellite photos suggest North Korea could be preparing for fresh submarine-based ballistic missile tests, an expert on its military has said.

Joseph Bermudez, a specialist in North Korean defence and intelligence affairs, posted photographs on the 38 North blog of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, which he said could show preparations for a test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
“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,” he said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nknukes; nkorea; nkoutofcontrol; nksubs; slbm; trumpasia
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1 posted on 08/12/2017 9:05:36 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

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2 posted on 08/12/2017 9:06:06 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I would really not be unhappy if the norks had a big submarine accident.


3 posted on 08/12/2017 9:07:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

It would not surprise me if the US Navy was already well aware of this. It would also not surprise me if either a Los Angeles-class or Virginia-class boat were doing their impression of a hole in the water somewhere nearby...and waiting.


4 posted on 08/12/2017 9:12:13 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it." Oh start)
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I am guessing the two classes you mention are attack class subs? THe boomers are already in place a long time ago.


5 posted on 08/12/2017 9:13:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The jihad media never discuss ideology—except Trump’s. (He’s a racist.)

Does the nork ideology aim at world domination?


6 posted on 08/12/2017 9:16:39 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

The US has been doing this for about fifty years or so, and has all the bugs worked out. Fat Kim is in for a big surprise.


7 posted on 08/12/2017 9:18:55 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Article on the moronic “ideology” of N. Korea:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juche


8 posted on 08/12/2017 9:23:20 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Fast-attack boats? Yup.


9 posted on 08/12/2017 9:25:48 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it." Oh start)
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To: Secret Agent Man

L.A. is a fast attack. Virginia is considered more “multi mission”. Of course the policy of the Silent Service is to divulge the exact purpose and capabilities of each of our subs accurately to our loyal and patriotic media.


10 posted on 08/12/2017 9:56:59 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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To: hoagy62
I would suggest to the Navy that they do some pre-emotive deep sea fishing. 😁
11 posted on 08/12/2017 10:00:12 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I’m thinking Kim Yung Dung will fire off some sort of goodie during the eclipse.

Just because it will tickle his puerile little self.


12 posted on 08/12/2017 10:08:31 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It’s a great opportunity for us to conduct an ASROC test. It’s a win-win situation!!


13 posted on 08/12/2017 10:47:26 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Kim, you have lost another submarine ?


14 posted on 08/13/2017 2:59:10 AM PDT by buckalfa (Slip sliding away towards senility.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Where’s the satellite photos?


15 posted on 08/13/2017 3:03:37 AM PDT by Sontagged (Lord Jesus, please frogmarch Your enemies behind You as You've promised in Your Word)
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To: Sontagged
Go to the following site:

http://www.38north.org/2017/08/sinpo081117/

16 posted on 08/13/2017 3:10:20 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
From the looks of this latest satellite photo.... I wouldn't worry too much.
17 posted on 08/13/2017 3:56:30 AM PDT by jerod (Socialism=Governance by Government - The National Socialist German Workers' Party is a good example.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

For every NK missile test, jack China’s import tariff 10 percent.


18 posted on 08/13/2017 4:30:59 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
My thoughts too - should be very doable for one of our own.

Big question would be how easy to hide effectively again and not lose strategic "where the hell is it" advantages.

19 posted on 08/13/2017 4:31:20 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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20 posted on 08/13/2017 4:35:32 AM PDT by EEGator
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