All posts tagged "submarine"

  • US expresses concern over N. Korea’s SLBM test

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States expressed concern Tuesday over North Korea’s recent failed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to refrain from violating U.N. Security Council resolutions. Yonhap News Agency reported that the...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • S. Korea vows countermeasures against N. Korea’s sub-missiles

    SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) — The Ministry of National Defense said Friday it is working to devise effective countermeasures to counter North Korea’s ballistic missiles launched from submarines. Last month, the communist country claimed that it successfully...

    • Posted June 5, 2015
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  • S. Korea, U.S. start joint anti-submarine naval drill

    SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States have kicked off a joint anti-submarine naval drill to tackle North Korea’s threats, sparked by the North’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Navy officials said...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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  • This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2014 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) inspecting the submarine No. 748 of Korean People's Army (KPA) naval unit 167 led 7th regiment at an undisclosed location in North Korea (KCNA/Yonhap)
    Pentagon denounces NK’s submarine missile test as ‘blatant’ violation of UN resolutions

    WASHINGTON, May 11 (Yonhap) — The U.S. Defense Department on Monday denounced North Korea’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile as a “blatant violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions and an example of Pyongyang’s unwillingness to comply...

    • Posted May 11, 2015
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  • More than 50 out of North Korea's around 70 submarines had previously been detected away from their bases for operations after the country threatened an "all-out war" against South Korea. (Yonhap)
    N. Korean sub equipped to fire missiles

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent satellite imagery appears to show that a North Korean submarine is being equipped to fire missiles, posing a potential new threat to its neighbors, a U.S. research institute said Thursday. The finding published...

    • Posted January 8, 2015
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