SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in waters off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, in an apparent protest against the ongoing military drill between Seoul and Washington. The JCS said that the communist state launched the SLBM from waters [...]
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent satellite imagery shows North Korea is forging ahead with development of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, the website 38 North said Tuesday. The imagery taken of the North’s Shinpo Shipyard on April 29, six days after the North’s latest SLBM test, shows that a submersible missile test stand barge [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – With the worrisome possibility of North Korea deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) on the horizon, South Korea is moving quickly to put together a comprehensive defense system designed to counter Pyongyang’s growing underwater threat. North Korea’s SLBM test last week provided the latest sign that the country’s SLBMs may [...]