North Korea tests sub-launched missile

North Korea is believed to have carried out the first test-firing of “strategic cruise missiles” from a submarine, in an apparent show of force ahead of U.S.-South Korea military drills


Mar 12, Sinpo: Two missiles fired by submarine off coast fly 1,500km in figure-eight patterns before hitting target in Sea of Japan

Claimed range puts most of Japan in striking distance, including key U.S. military bases

NORTH KOREA
Pyongyang 
Beijing
Seoul
CHINA
SOUTH KOREA
Okinawa
RUSSIA
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
1,500km
Tokyo
JAPAN
HOKKAIDO
PACIFIC OCEAN
500km 310 miles


Hwasal-2
Strategic cruise missile first test-fired in Feb 2023*


“8.24 Yongung”
North Korean ballistic missile submarine

One or two launch tubes in sail

Length: 68m 	Speed (dived): 10 knots 	Crew: 30-50


*North Korea often uses “strategic” to refer to weapons that are nuclear capable


Sources: HI Sutton, Japan Times, MDAA, Reuters 
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