North Korea's navy is probably the most top secret navy in the world, few outsiders know much about it. As far as outsiders know, the Najin-class light frigate is the largest and most powerful operational surface combatant in North Korean navy, although it is considered to be outdated by pretty much any standard.
A large surface combatant was spotted (don't know when) by Google Earth. Judging by its appearance, its size seems to be comparable to the main surface comatants operated by DPRK's 4 neighbors, and should be by far the biggest warship in the DPRK navy if it becomes operational. Some speculate it is a Krivak-class frigate. However, there were no reports of seeing the ship being operational. Any speculations? Maybe they are refitting the ship in similar ways Varyag and Gorshkov are being refitted?
Here are two links of interest I found on Google:
A picture from the second link:
A large surface combatant was spotted (don't know when) by Google Earth. Judging by its appearance, its size seems to be comparable to the main surface comatants operated by DPRK's 4 neighbors, and should be by far the biggest warship in the DPRK navy if it becomes operational. Some speculate it is a Krivak-class frigate. However, there were no reports of seeing the ship being operational. Any speculations? Maybe they are refitting the ship in similar ways Varyag and Gorshkov are being refitted?
Here are two links of interest I found on Google:
A picture from the second link:
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