North Korea Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

Dizasta1

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Something is definitely up ... the pace and intensity with which Pyongyang is carrying out these nuclear tests and missile tests. Seems to indicate that they are in a rush to get these weapons readied and put into production. That sort of behavior usually a good indicator of how things would transpire and leaves very little to the imagination on how rapidly international peace begins to deteriorate. Of course the real question to ask is, why is Pyongyang so frantically getting these tests done? 64 years the country was trodding along without any such activity. But now, it's like as if someone has poked it in the wrong place and the reaction is violent. What would prompt Pyongyang to behave this way? The U.S & SK have held exercizes for many years. Surely this is not the trigger and if it isn't, then what is?

Recounting the years and months prior to the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein. One of the triggers was Kuwait's refusal to reduce production of oil as requested by Iraq. The latter had just finished fighting a near decade long war with Iran and was reeling economically. It needed the oil production to stabilize in order for it to recover from the war against Iran. Kuwait's outright refusal was one of the major triggers of Iraq invading it. Failure to reduce production, in order to increase oil prices and in turn provide Iraq with sufficient $$$ to recover. Without such a mechanism in place, with all OPEC members agreeing to this, spelled doom for Iraq. They were near bankrupt under Saddam's crusade against Iran. So if such a scenario was behind Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Then one has to ask the question as to why North Korea is going about developing Nuclear Weapons at an alarmingly fast pace?!

We live in a globalised world now and no two instances can be interpreted as "stand alone". Everything is interconnected and one needs to critically assess why things are the way they are.
 

FORBIN

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Something is definitely up ... the pace and intensity with which Pyongyang is carrying out these nuclear tests and missile tests. Seems to indicate that they are in a rush to get these weapons readied and put into production. That sort of behavior usually a good indicator of how things would transpire and leaves very little to the imagination on how rapidly international peace begins to deteriorate. Of course the real question to ask is, why is Pyongyang so frantically getting these tests done? 64 years the country was trodding along without any such activity. But now, it's like as if someone has poked it in the wrong place and the reaction is violent. What would prompt Pyongyang to behave this way? The U.S & SK have held exercizes for many years. Surely this is not the trigger and if it isn't, then what is?

Exactly things moving with this despote country hummm so applied effectively now UN résolutions or military operation never recommended but when the need is there... ! as we have see all is ready.
 
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Mike North

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I don't get this. Countries developed hydrogen bombs to get a larger yield than is possible with fissile materials. Hydrogen bombs are much more difficult and expensive to build. Dear Leader spent a fortune to get a hydrogen bomb for his ICBM with a yield that could have been achieved with the uranium bomb tech he already has. Very odd. I also wonder how NK did it so fast when it was a challenge for even the most developed nations to go form fissile to fusion nukes. Somethings going on here that I don't know about I guess.
 

SamuraiBlue

Captain
the H bomb packs more bang for the buck weight and size wise. the DPRK wants to top a ICBM with a warhead.
In studying the concept design of a thermo-nuclear devices I believe there is a theoretical limit in lowering the weight.

Basically the fission fuse to ignite the Hydrogen will be more then 20Kg without any shield since you need critical mass to ignite a fission reaction. You also need U238 as tampers for both primary and secondary stage.

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antiterror13

Brigadier
Yeah, an H-bomb that only has several hundred Kilo tonnes in blast yield.
It just doesn't add up, H-bombs usually have Mega tonnes.

Just plain wrong!

American warheads all are H-Bomb, including W-88 (475 kt), the most advanced warhead in the world. W76 is only 100 kt

Chinese warheads also all are thermonuclear and most only have a few hundreds kt .. i.e warheads for DF-31A are 20, 90 or 150 kt (selected)

It seems you haven't studied enough from Google Uni/high school ;););)
 
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FORBIN

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Rocket Man is on a suicide mission...

U.S. flies strategic bombers east of North Korea in show of force

The Pentagon flew its Air Force B-1B Lancer strategic bombers Saturday east of North Korea, near the demilitarized zone, demonstrating U.S. President Donald Trump’s resolve.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced later that day that the bombers flew from Guam, escorted by F-15C Eagle fighters from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, to international airspace over waters east of North Korea.

“This is the farthest north of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) any U.S. fighter or bomber aircraft have flown off North Korea’s coast in the 21st century,” said Pentagon Spokesperson Dana White, “underscoring the seriousness with which we take reckless behavior.”

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FORBIN

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The Sinpo-C-Class: A New North Korean Ballistic Missile Submarine Is Under Construction

U.S. intelligence has detected a large, new submarine under construction: the Sinpo-C.
U.S. military intelligence has detected a new diesel-electric submarine under construction at North Korea’s Sinpo shipyard, on the country’s east coast, according to a U.S. government source with knowledge of North Korea’s weapons programs who spoke to The Diplomat.

According to current U.S. intelligence estimates, the submarine’s submerged displacement is thought to be in excess of 2,000 tons with a beam measurement of 11 meters. The vessel is likely the largest ever to be built for the Korean People’s Navy since the Najin-class frigates.

The submarine, dubbed the Sinpo-C by the United States intelligence community, is likely a successor to North Korea’s Gorae-class ballistic missile submarine (SSB). (The U.S. intelligence community calls the Gorae-class the Sinpo-B.) Open source analysis,
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, had also detected signatures of ongoing shipbuilding at Sinpo suggestive of a new submarine.
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sahureka

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Upppss ... and what is this ??

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View attachment 33941

more images of the new corvette / frigate in the port of Najin - Razon North Korea

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we all thought this corvette would be armed with a copy of the OTO Melara 76/62 Compatto, which had already appeared on a FAC throwing in the Nampo Harbor, voiced the Iranian clone Fajr-27, but in the past few days these images have scrambled the cards raising many questions.
As it is evident that the armament of the bow has been installed, surprise is not the compact 76/62 or clone, but what looks like a 100 mm Korean tower with open back,
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similar to those already in use on some Types of North Korean gunshots.
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It's a surprise because the main artillery system is in an old-fashioned style
what are the reasons why the compact 76/62 is not installed?
some of my hypotheses
① Depend on imports, stocks are depleted (can not be produced at national level)
② They have been able to produce it at national level, but the production numbers are low, or there are difficulties in making them.
③ They do not accent the main cannons
④ are not happy with the performance

As always, in the absence of official data it is assumed.
Not bad the 4th hypothesis, like 76/62 seen in NK, are certainly clones, whether they come from Iran with their Fajr-27, or whether they are completely made in NK, as both are or would be made with reverse engineering always around the corner the possibility that something has not gone in the right direction to realize exactly the myriad of components, I do not know to say the quality of the materials used.
For a medium caliber system that had the base version of the Compact had a 80-minute shot cadence, any shooting abnormalities could pose major risks.
At this point in doubt (hypothesis 4), the NKs might have been pragmatic, preferring to have an old system that will surely shoot, possibly a system that occupies only space in the bow.

every one of your news is welcome
 
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