North Korea Developing Submarine Capable Of Launching Ballistic Missile, Kyodo Says

Posted by EM_Equity ⋅ February 27, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

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North Korea is developing a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) according to a report on Friday from Japan’s Kyodo News Agency, who cited a senior United States military commander.

According to Kyodo, Cecil Haney, a U.S. Navy admiral who currently serves as Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, made the remark during testimony at a hearing at U.S. congress.

The remark raises the credibility of a recent U.S. media report that the North conducted its first flight test of a new SLBM last month.

Haney said that North Korea is also developing a missile that can be fired from a mobile missile ejection launcher, the report said.

Haney also said that North Korea owns miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted on a ballistic missile.