Okay (Nork) Boomer?
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The band of gangsters that constitutes the government of North Korea is building a new toy:
We know very little of the technical characteristics of North Korea’s new boat. Still, we should assume that it is being constructed to provide for a more effective nuclear deterrent.
Based on images from North Korean television, one South Korean military analysts suggested that the boat could displace some 7,000 tons and carry perhaps ten missiles, putting it on the smaller side of global SSBN fleets. North Korea has some experience building submarines, but nothing with this degree of sophistication or size.
In other words, North Korea is building a boomer in order to shore up its capacity to survive a nuclear or conventional first strike. Less reliant than a conventional submarine on access to friendly bases, a North Korean boomer could theoretically operate independently at some distance from its home port, complicating the problems of targeting and crisis response.
This, along with the butchery of Ukrainians half a world away, is how the Kim family has decided to spend the blood and sweat of the people of North Korea.
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