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Figure 4. Workers seen around the two halls and yards, and new components are visible.
Figure 5. Large circular component seen at storage yard.
Figure 6. Close up view of new components seen at the storage yard.
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A construction jig holds components in proper position as they are being worked on (i.e., welding, wiring, etc.)
The GORAE-class submarine is sometimes identified as the SINPO-class because of where it was first seen. See history of ballistic missile submarine development at Sinpo at .
The Sinpo South Shipyard is sometimes known by the cover name “Pongdae Boiler Plant.”
Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Shield of the Great Leader: The Armed Forces of North Korea (London: I.B. Taurus, 2001) 45-55.
Construction halls are sometimes called erection halls.
The GORAE-class experimental ballistic missile submarine (SSBA) has dimensions of approximately 66.7 x 7.7 meters and the ROMEO-class are attack submarines (SS) armed with torpedoes with dimensions of 76.6 x 6.7 meters.
Although not identified specifically in the accompanying imagery, in addition to the two rail-mounted gantry cranes, there are 4 rail-mounted tower cranes in and adjacent to the parts storage yards.
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