(DW) – North Korea has launched its first “tactical nuclear attack submarine” as part of its effort to strengthen its naval force, the state news agency KCNA announced on Friday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the submarine-launching ceremony on Wednesday, according to KCNA.
During the festive ceremony that involved confetti and balloons, he stressed “the strategic and tactical plan to continuously enhance the modernity of underwater and surface forces and push forward with the nuclear weaponization of the Navy in the future.”