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sahureka

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As the tone has changed, they stopped smiling and criticizing negatively, now they are surprised by the capabilities of North Korea.

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....The quick action to refloat the ship surprised analysts, who, based on satellite images of the accident, thought the process would take much longer.

“Sheer manpower and – let’s face it – an innovative approach to righting the ship, delivered a solution in two weeks that people like me didn’t expect for four to six,” said analyst Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain.....
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mack8

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Regardless of such hiccups, imagine if DPRK could maintain the production rate of DDG51s, a ship per shipyard per year. Could have a dozen of them in the water by 2030 (!). Maybe they don't plan to build that many, especially considering they plan to build bigger "cruisers" as well, but still 6-8 DDG-51s, plus 4-6 "cruisers" and lo and behold DPRK suddenly becomes a serious naval power vs SK and Japan within a decade (even discounting nukes). Plus whatever number of SSBNs planned (around 4-6?).
 
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qwerty3173

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mack8 said:
Regardless of such hiccups, imagine if DPRK could maintain the production rate of DDG51s, a ship per shipyard per year. Could have a dozen of them in the water by 2030 (!). Maybe they don't plan to build that many, especially considering they plan to build bigger "cruisers" as well, but still 6-8 DDG-51s, plus 4-6 "cruisers" and lo and behold DPRK suddenly becomes a serious naval power vs SK and Japan within a decade (even discounting nukes). Plus whatever number of SSBNs planned (around 4-6?).
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With some research these ships are not DDGs in a traditional sense, they are more like ballistic missile destroyers armed with IRBMs. Producing reliable large submarines is still some distance away so this is a way to make nuclear launchers mobile and much more effective in the short term.
 
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sahureka

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qwerty3173 said:
With some research these ships are not DDGs in a traditional sense, they are more like ballistic missile destroyers armed with IRBMs. Producing reliable large submarines is still some distance away so this is a way to make nuclear launchers mobile and much more effective in the short term.
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It will take time to say whether they will be reliable, but I am of the opinion that we will definitely see the launch of one very soon.
 
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Valiant 1002

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yugocrosrb95 said:
Nonsense.

It was probably destined for Rajin/Najin for fitting process since Hambuk shipyard in Chongjin does not have floating dock hence sent to drydock.
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I mean, all this chaos probably wouldn't have happened if they had simply built it in Najin in the first place - which had more experience building naval ships.
 
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