North Korea claimed Friday (March 24) to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic “radioactive tsunami” that would destroy naval strike groups and entire ports.
Analysts were skeptical that the device presents a major new threat, but the test underlines the North’s commitment to raising nuclear threats.
According to The Associated Press, analysts in the West are deeply skeptical of the claims or that the weapon presents a major new threat, at a moment the Pentagon has expanded its activity on the Korean peninsula.
State-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) described that the drone is designed to “stealthily infiltrate into operational waters and make a super-scale radioactive tsunami through an underwater explosion”—and that it can either be deployed directly from the coast or towed by ships.
This week the North Korean government launched a major new recruiting drive, hosting events across the country while conducting near daily test launches of projectiles—including a test last Sunday (March 19) which included a ‘mock nuclear warhead’ as a warning to Seoul and Washington.
Source: ZeroHedge
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