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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Hyung-Jin Kim

Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea’s first under-construction ‘nuclear-powered submarine’

North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, which experts consider a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US.

State media on Saturday released photos showing what it called “a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine”, as it reported leader Kim Jong Un’s visits to major shipyards where warships are built.

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