North Korea Seems to Be Closer to Missile-Launching Submarine
Source: New York Times
By RICK GLADSTONE JAN. 8, 2015
North Korea has displayed its cyberattack capabilities and advances toward making nuclear warheads, the country’s adversaries say. Now, the North appears to have shown progress in fitting submarines with missile launchers.
A report posted Thursday on the website of 38north, a prominent research group that focuses on North Korea, said commercial satellite imagery of a North Korean submarine, taken less than a month ago, indicates the vessel may have one or two vertical launching tubes for either ballistic or cruise missiles.
The submarine, first seen in July, could be a test bed for underwater missile launching, which would be harder to detect than land-based launchers, the report said. It was written by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., an arms expert and authority on North Korea’s defense capabilities.
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On Tuesday, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said the North appeared to have made a “significant” advance toward perfecting a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a long-range missile that could reach the American West Coast. The ministry also suggested the North possessed a missile that could fly that far.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/world/asia/north-korea-progress-developing-missile-launching-submarine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Please read the entire article as it was difficult to condense into four paragraphs as per DU rules.
This isn't intended to be alarmist.
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And until they figure out the bugs in the HVAC, they will just open the doors to cool things off
Heck, any boat can submerge... 
