North Korean Navy is More Dangerous Than You Think

The Korean People's Navy is full of small and outdated ship, and nowhere near as powerful as the navies of South Korea and Japan. But it actually poses a bigger threat than many people think - we explain why.
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Keywords: Romeo class, Type 033, Gorae class, Sinpo class, Sinpo-B, Sinpo-C, midget submarine, Yugo class, Yono class, Najin class, Nampo class, Korean People's Navy, North Korean military, Kim Jung Un

[@zetareticulan321]

US: "Iraq have WMDs!" Iraq: "No we don't!" US: *Invades Iraq* North Korea: "We have nukes." US: *Does not dare attack North Korea*

[@catonpillow]

Very accurate observation. The U$ attacked Libya only when Gaddafi surrendered his weapons. So Korea has made the right choice not to trust the U$ and have an adequate deterrence program instead.

[@emacstac]

That's not entirely accurate. While as far as we know, nukes weren't found in Iraq, chemical weapons were. I suppose it depends on what you consider a WMD

[@johnsmith1953x]

@@emacstac Chemical weapons were NOT found in Iraq. No matter what you call bleach, bleach is still bleach.

[@johnsmith1953x]

Not entirely true about countries that have or do not have nukes. In 2019, Iran bomb the shat out of three US MARINES bases in IRAQ with BALLISTIC missiles AND at the same time, destroyed a $250 million global hawk drones and the USA did NOTHING. That was under Trump.

[@accountantthe3394]

@@emacstac Not even close. US officials were adamant WMDs in Iraq were nukes. Condoleezza Rice: “We don’t want the smoking gun (of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction or WMD) to be a mushroom cloud.” (CNN 2002)

[@ycplum7062]

While the DPRNK's navy is dangerous for those who venture close to shore, they are not that dangerous to those with a modern navy that can operate a few dozen miles from the coast, especially if they have air assets. I would say that would not be effective against escorted convoys. Most have to travel surfaced (easily detected by air assets using IR or radar) for much of their patrol and they are loud by modern standards. However, they can be a very real threat to unescorted commerce vessels. HI Sutton has some really good material.

[@amacca2085]

Air assets 🤣 Americans

[@kings3411]

​@amacca2085 why you so cringe?

[@eltonlewis4979]

a misslie force with precision ballistic and hypersonic missiles can be a match fr american navy especially 300 to 1,000 miles from the coast of NK can be neutralized, it makes better tactics and AI technology for NK to continue missile development for all theaters of war...

[@JDog801]

North Korea's entire Navy would be taken out in one day.

[@JDog801]

​@@eltonlewis4979why don't they try something? It's almost like they know they would lose?? America wins against any Navy

[@wardaddyindustries4348]

Before watching this I'll quote one soldier describing coming under fire form a Maxim Macinegun "I don't care how old it is it still f#@&ing shoots at you and it's scary" To think that North Korean navy would be wiped out quickly and be of no consequence is foolish at best.

[@St_AngusYoung]

A couple of Virginia Class subs would annihilate the NK navy.

[@wardaddyindustries4348]

@@St_AngusYoung Mhmm tell me more

[@johnsmith1953x]

@@St_AngusYoung In Brown water? With Subrocs and mines laying about? Right. Now go back to your mum little boy.

[@eltonlewis4979]

@@St_AngusYoung amerikkkans worship their instruments of death and destruction, these weapons are the gods in amerikkkans

[@andrewaustin6369]

North Korea's sub fleet is effectively worthless they are old noisy sub types any modern sub will have a turkey shoot against them it's that simple.

[@jamesdu2044]

You seem to have some misunderstandings: -Submarines are mediocre surveillance platforms in the modern age. An E2C operator stated he detected the surface scarring from a Italian submarine periscope at 200 km. One can imagine how much better a radar would perform against a vintage design, or the post-processing capabilities of a more modern AWACS. -The advertised top speed on a diesel-electric attack boat drains the battery extremely quickly, usually less than 2 hours on modern designs. This is why the low top speed on a smaller submarine, while still a drawback, is less concerning than you would think at first sight. -India operates SSBNs but does not have MIRVs; they have not achieved Teller-Ullam staging and still rely on pure fission or boosted fission physics packages, which makes their nuclear devices fairly bulky for a given yield compared to thermonukes. India is reportedly behind Pakistan in terms of nuke miniaturization, and it seems entirely plausible that North Korea will achieve MIRV'd SLBM before India does. -If China is involved, then the KPAN is completely unnecessary for cutting off supplies to South Korea; much of South Korea's port infrastructure is directly within range of Chinese rocketry, and then there's the potential for air/sea delivered naval mines, and it should be noted that the Western nations have fairly limited mine-clearing capacity compared to the Chinese ability to lay them. -If China is not involved, then the ability of the KPAN to harass South Korean or Japanese shipping for any serious length of time is extremely dubious; I expect a SK/US/JPN coalition to effectively annihilate most KPAN units within 2 weeks. Other comments: -Romeos are garbage, way, way too loud... but at least newer than Taiwan's subs LMAO!

[@johnsmith1953x]

"If China is not involved, then the ability of the KPAN to harass South Korean or Japanese shipping for any serious length of time is extremely dubious; I expect a SK/US/JPN coalition to effectively annihilate most KPAN units within 2 weeks." Not if NK mines the shipping lanes first!

[@Big_Caesar1]

@@johnsmith1953x How will they accomplish that?

[@johnsmith1953x]

@@Big_Caesar1 With mines. Duh.

[@Big_Caesar1]

​@@johnsmith1953xThey'll just materialize mines into international shipping lanes out of thin air?

[@johnsmith1953x]

@@Big_Caesar1 It will appear like NK did....

[@kenric1460]

Interesting. Haven't seen any other videos about North Korean navy. Thanks ✌️

[@petervonfroster8i]

if you think about it, they still got German Type XXI's, and they are still usable today in some ways...

[@darkorbit84]

The typs they use are are just based on type 21 these that north korea use are own variants from china build in the 70,s. so quiet old subs.

[@petervonfroster8i]

@@darkorbit84 yes, but they are still Type XXI's with additional Sections, and technology wise they are not far from the original XXI

[@csgohero3356]

@@petervonfroster8iwould be ❤practice targets for F35 😂

[@RADICALFLOAT95]

​@@csgohero3356yes but actually no and actually get a life you racist hater.

[@minhmeo9506]

Their Sinpo-class ballistic subs are more suitable in the role of attack subs, replaced the old, obsolete Romeos.

[@M16_Akula-III]

Uh.. What. SSB's would have less torpedo storage than SSK's. Ex: Golf vs Whiskey. Whiskey had 12, Golf had 6.

[@minhmeo9506]

@@M16_Akula-III remove the SLMB launcher and convert the design to a conventional, attack sub. That’ll be fine.

[@M16_Akula-III]

Yeah.. I don't think they'll do it

[@commie5211]

I am shocked at achievements, considering they did it under all the sanctions with no outside help. Their engineering and industrial capability is probably better than a lot of much richer countries. But i am not a fan of their nukes.

[@zero_wing_]

if they didn’t have nukes, Amerikkka would have invaded NK a long time ago.

[@WildsDreams45]

The nukes are a promise. If you invade us you'll get a nuke right in the face. It's the ultimate deterrent.

[@kanestalin7246]

Why are you not a fan of the nukes?

[@commie5211]

@@kanestalin7246 Would you want your neighbor to have nukes?

[@kanestalin7246]

If they didnt have nukes the US would have already invaded them.

[@Foche_T._Schitt]

Their most deadly and highly secretive class of sub is the Yoko Ono.

[@burningglory2373]

Depends on who you are. Are you Somolia? Yea they got a good navy. Are you the USA, more like what navy?

[@CraigTheBrute-yf7no]

Is that the same USA that lost a 20 year war against goat herders wearing sandals in Afghanistan?

[@minhmeo9506]

They have no capabilities to directly challenge the U.S-SK navies. But they still can conduct near-shore sea denial with their arsenal of midget/coastal subs, fast attack crafts, land-based anti-ship missiles and artilleries. I mean, that’s enough to NK; the whole point of NK navy is to protect the coast and cover the flanks of the Army’s formations.

[@commie5211]

Not really, without air superiority, they all pretty much useless. They only have two effective deterrence strategy. 1, Nukes 2, China🤣

[@nieljosephpalca7849]

Indeed, similar to North Korea asymmetric strategy, it would be better for Taiwan to develop and build numerous modern coastal defence submarines, midget submarines, and indigenous torpedoes for coastal defense against amphibious operations. Imagine, a small navy consisting of 50+ coastal defence submarines, 10+ standard subs, 40+ fast missile boats, 50+ fast minelayer boats, etc can repel any amphibious landings.

[@commie5211]

@@nieljosephpalca7849mini subs and small ships are totally useless. because they are literally blind and deaf. all boat are static for missiles no matter how fast they are. same with subs. Powerful Radars and sonars, thats why they need to be big, who detect first kills first.

[@nieljosephpalca7849]

@@commie5211 Useless? Modern coastal defence subs can be equiped with sensors and equipment relative to size such as periscope,sonars, etc. Plus they can be equipped/armed with heavy torpedoes which are capable of sinking enemy larger surface assets operating in coastal areas. Then when it comes to fast missile boats, they need some assistance from surveillance assets such as satellites from allied countries, surveillance radars, surveillance drones, and other assets. It seems that you forgot the combined arms strategy.

[@nieljosephpalca7849]

@@commie5211 HAHAH LOL🤣🫠🤣Hello, are you okay? I didn't say that fast missile boats can fire ballistic missiles. What I'm trying to say is fast missile boats need to coordinate with surveillance assets for targeting system. And by the way coastal defence subs are design to operate in shallow waters.

[@TiesOfZip]

If all you need is a very short range defensive force, they’re “ok”. Considering the restraints on their fuel reserves as well as training, they’re most likely far less powerful than you’re giving them credit for.

[@rear9259]

Asymmetrical Warfare always comes downs to “They have to be lucky every time. We’ve only have to be lucky once”

[@Robert-qi6mb]

A good little video the good people of north Korea have to defend their ocean.

[@joaovoador05]

I really enjoy this video, thank you! It's great to occasionally watch videos other than PLAN on this channel.

[@BigDonKedick]

Right, cause this guy has chinas balls so deep in his throat he can’t even breathe. No bias though 😂

[@oliversmith9200]

Enjoyable presentation. Thankyou for it. . Pukgeukseiong 1 has a very similar profile to the American Polaris missile. That is not to say it's a copy necessarily. It could be the dictates of the most efficient form fitted to underwater launching. Having been first worked out by the USA, this basic form would apply to all similar devices. This in the same way that certain modern bombers, the Soviet and U.S. space shuttles, diving bells, and other specialized performance tech have common shapes according to the demands of physics involved in the capability to be achieved. . I suppose it is a close copy of the U.S. made Polaris. It would make military sense for the DPRK to do so if able.

[@minhmeo9506]

14:13 they also sold Scud missiles to Vietnam, not just midget subs.

[@commie5211]

and Vietnam's scud is aiming at China.🙃🙃

[@richardscathouse]

Recently they have gained access to Russia/Chines staging technology, allowing multi-stage true ICBMs now, all they need is a compact nuke that they can carry! 😅

[@donjobi9400]

for defensive they are powerful

[@jeffreyconnor9769]

North Korea has an enormous dug in artillery force which can hit Seoul. A north south war would be incomprehensibly bloody. There would be millions of civilian casualties.

[@jasonbose3507]

I think someone likes smoking 🚬 something funny 🤣 to think that they have an adequate defensive navy, they don't! Their stats make me laugh 😂!!!

[@jeffreyconnor9769]

@@jasonbose3507 How would you know

[@JDog801]

America alone would take out their whole Navy in the same day. They just been waiting for North Korea to do something very dumb.

[@donjobi9400]

@@JDog801 hahaha... america are nothing... just look superior to the weak but not the strong

[@babiyarnazarismaily6207]

Even ww2 subs are dangerous for merchant as well as for military ships,when shoot from point blank range

[@lockheedmartinf-22raptor73]

That's the thing, though. Those subs would NEVER get that close to our modern navy.

[@babiyarnazarismaily6207]

@@lockheedmartinf-22raptor73 there is a navy thr US got to be more scared than the enslaved north korean one....the one of the allmighty God if you remember the prophet that was deciple of ilija elisey or ulisus i dont know what ever so he was under occupation with his deciple this time and his deciple was very scared beczuse of the big army against them,so the prophet said to the lord open his eyes so he can see and he saw chariots and hirses and army of fire with them the lord army

[@M16_Akula-III]

...Wow, can't believe people actually does no research on older Soviet torpedoes that still have guidance. Wake-homers and acoustics.

[@redrust3]

How dangerous are they? Depends on whether the torpedoes are guided or not.

[@M16_Akula-III]

As far as I know, they use older Soviet torpedoes. Still guided though. There's an incident where a SK Frigate was sunk by a torpedo in 2010(?).

[@221b-l3t]

​@@M16_Akula-IIICHT-02D Torpedo. North Korea made, I believe it does maneuver not sure, launched by Yono class and exploded under the Corvette and split it in half. The remains where found and the ship was raised. NK denies involvement however an identical torpedo had previously been "found" and analysed.

[@M16_Akula-III]

@@221b-l3t Wow, looks similar to Soviet torps with their contra-rotating props.

[@221b-l3t]

@@M16_Akula-III Yeah I saw that, thought it was kinda cool. And it probably is some Soviet torp Made In DPRK with more locally sourced ingredients. But I haven't been mocking their tech for a while. More of a rocket guy and their current ICBM Hwasong-17 is an extremely impressive machine. It's way beyond bare minimum requirements. By copying a rather complicated and advanced Soviet engine and rocket they've taught themselves how to build some really fine rockets. Staged combustion engines as oposed to open loop engines for instance is something the West would never use on an ICBM. Barely any US orbital rockets have staged combustion engines and if they are made in Russia (RD170 on Atlas V, just retired, about 10 rockets left mostly launching made by Amazon Starlink (Kuiper). They're SLBM's follow a more traditional approach with solid fuel rockets like Minuteman or Trident or the Space Shuttle boosters. We haven't used liquid fueled engines since Titan. The need to launch 25 Mt weapons went away and smaller systems with lighter payloads could do the job like Minuteman. It can do 3 x W76 or W88 or a few variants based on those two (100 kt and 500 kt respectively). I forget but I think about 1.5 ton payload, so it could put a decent satellite in orbit. Russian land based ICBMs tend to be in the class of medium lift orbital launchers... 10-20 t payload on the latest monstrosity with expensive liquid closed cycle engines. It's mainly because of them we insisted on 10 warheads max per rocket in treaties. Some of them could carry 40 bombs in theory. NK went the latter route. H15 was decently large, 100 t or so one dual nozzle engine based on RD250 (if I remember) and about a ton payload for ICBM range so about comparable to Minuteman in performance though of course it's handled like an orbital rocket with fueling procedures, engine ignition sequences etc... while solid booster are more of a light the fuse an run away type of deal. Not that good performance but it's a weapons system not a satellite launcher optimised for cost per kg to orbit. H17 was a bit of a wake-up for some less rocket enthusiastic people in the West. 2 improved engines of the previous type, triple the weight (300 t) and about 3 t payload to Washington and beyond. The last bomb they tested was pretty fancy too. So much so they shared images. We can estimate it weighs about 250 kg with a maximum of 500 kf but that would be absurdly heavy, it's not that big. Pretty tame fusion stage. Basically Made in glorious DPRK W76 but more low tech but more fusion fuel for a bigger bang. Fusion fuel is cheap as dirt, plutonium is expensive and an h bomb doesn't use anymore of that than a regular atom bomb. So H17 can probably do 4-12 bombs each. Depending on wht the true performance of the rocket and weight of the warheads is. Plus reentry vehicles add some weight too. Probably 8 is reasonable. And countermeasures which are inflatable warheads painted to reflect radar like the real ones. The Navy is far behind the rocket division but who knows what Putin might share for some 155 mm shells. Kim has enough of those to give each citizen one or two. Too bad they aren't edible.

[@M16_Akula-III]

@@221b-l3t How long did it took you to write this..? Also, I'm kind of betting it's either a SAET-50/60, SET-65K, or 53-65 copy. Those are older torps and I don't think any of the modern Soviet torps had been given to the NK's, due to the subs they bought doesn't have the right FC to use it. Which means it should not have wire-guidance.

[@paulrowden5703]

My response to this click-bait title; "No it isn't."

[@trcass1]

As a former DOD North Korea Analyst, i found your segment quite interesting and well done. thanks for posting. i got in trouble when i said the the North Korean Navy wasn't much of a threat as it was a "Brown Water" navy.....lol

[@CyFed_Republic_of_Kaltovar]

People laugh at me when I bring this up and I immediately realize they don't understand how dangerous even shitty submarines are.

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Dangerous to who? Unarmed civilian tankers? Any modern fleet with decent frigates and air power will waste every NK sub in an afternoon. 😂

[@CyFed_Republic_of_Kaltovar]

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 And take casualties in the process, meaning hundreds if not thousands of dead Americans. What is scary is their ability to fucking kill you despite being worse than what you have, not how long they might last.

[@M16_Akula-III]

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 Blud does not know that one SK Frigate incident where it was sunk by an unknown torpedo.

[@miketheknife3072]

Hey bro you do really well with English sincerely I can hear you stumble a little but you do really well some native born Americans speak far worse that you keep it up good job man for real 👍👏

[@ahhdavy]

Our American submarines can detect these old buckets 20-30 miles away. Lol they wouldn’t know what hit them lol

[@thememers_dude]

More like 500mi

[@jholeify]

It's still imppressive what they have on a shoestring budget. Just imagine if they were the worlds reserve currency

[@avus-kw2f213]

The DPRK navy has the capability to launch 24 Cruise missiles from its fleet that is A capability most nations which are far richer than North Korea don’t even have

[@gansior4744]

we have seen what "Dangerous" fleet's can do in Gulf War. Literal food for Anti-ship missiles and GBU's

[@chamberpot969]

The Russians should offer to upgrade the North Korean Armed Forces.

[@johnsmith1953x]

Russia is broke.

[@commie5211]

They can not, same with China. Both have some kind of agreement with south Korea not sell weapons. However after seeing how south Korea doing in Ukraine, we might see some weapons.

[@derryjones1029]

I think there navy would get ablitarated by any of the superpowers

[@TwistedThor187]

"They come with a helicopter landing pad" .... but no helicopters

[@perryjoejimbob]

It would take U.S. Navy 30 minutes to eliminate N. Korea naval threat.

[@flashnewlight1075]

What can you do with a submarine like this?

[@davidmurphy8190]

The NKN presents some serious maritime threats to other regional navies and commercial traffic. The NKN has torpedoes and mines which have proved to be problem for the ROKN (sinking a corvette) and the USN (damaging a frigate in the Persian Gulf). NKN antiship cruise missiles (ASCM) and short-range missiles present a credible threat as well. The inventories of NKN naval weapons are considerable with torpedoes and mines being a large fraction of the naval stockpile, but the missiles becoming a growing threat. While the mine warfare (MIW) portion of the NKN arsenal may appear to be obsolescent, the USN’s shrinking mine countermeasures capability is making it more vulnerable to offensive and defensive MIW. The failure of the USN to maintain a credible MCM capability worldwide makes the NKN a greater threat to US and allied naval forces operating near the DPRK.

[@BrokeDownBob]

The NK Navy is abysmal. No they do not represent a threat to anyone. Their command and control system is 1950, their submarines are absolutely antique, and the subs are more likely to kill their crews than damage anything else!

[@alcoyne3333333333333]

Even if they had up to date subs they would not be A treat to anyone. The are not a Aggressive Nation like the west.. if the west would stop going around the world stating wars and fix their own country's problems the world would be a better place.

[@梁诗茵-d2o]

考虑做一期054B的视频？👍😀

[@HoneyLover64NthngHppnd89]

Yeah right, fishing nets are effective weapon against best korea subs.

[@sussy9278]

The only dangerous thing in noth korea's navy are those ballistic missiles and those old subs

[@nikitakhrushchev.4602]

Is a old frase where it says : You never over estimate your oponen.

[@jbusta8548]

Turn North Korea into an ashtray now

[@johnbodman4504]

This is a fantastic site for information on the worlds warships and planes.

[@petermuller608]

Nice video. Having a defensive navy seems fine

[@Technoid_Mutant]

KPAN can certainly take advantage of nuclear-thermal-electric generators. It would be cheap and easy to do, and one such might let this machine power itself without reference to the batteries should she be at station-keeping or on the bottom. That leaves the full battery charge available for sudden demand. A larger RTG might power oxygen generators as well as carbon dioxide scrubbers to vastly extend the crew's underwater endurance.

[@jamesbugbee9026]

The Yonos would make nifty yachts

[@tonycavanagh1929]

How much of there fleet is maintained. This is one thing, I never see military analyst chat about. But anyone who is served, the biggest part of the day is maintaining kit. How much money does North Korea have to maintain what they have. I am going to say, looking at there budget, there broken economy, and the fact, what they do have goes towards there nuclear arsenal, which is very expensive to maintain. That there Navy is like there Airforce, for show at most.

[@youbrokeitwefixit1723]

It's dangerous to assume that they don't have money to maintain or build, since they are not part of the mainstream world economy no one really knows how much money the have and on the other hand they are still very much active on the black market supplying arm's and some mineral to other nations like them.

[@adnandzindosoda]

These midget submarines are build by ex yugoslavia license. I rember in 80s when usa aircraft carrier was in patrol in gate to jadran sea. Yugoslavia put that submarine on the bottom in deep sea. After usa ship passed they dive out and target carrier. Carrier did not detect them. That was just yugoslavian test also they get sonar and engine sound print of carrier.

[@davidmurphy8190]

The Yugoslav design coastal (SSC) and midget (SSM) submarines were some interesting designs. One feature of both types of submarines was the use of electric-only propulsion for the main drive. This appeared to be a backward step in submarine propulsion yet provided the Yugoslav Navy with much quieter small submarines. Other Yugoslav submarines of coastal and ASW types had standard diesel-electric propulsion systems but their designs were optimized for the Adriatic operational threat environment. The Iranian naval forces of both the IRIN and IRGCN also employ designs derived from the Yugoslav, Italian, and DPRK navies.

[@SpawnofChaos2010]

Unlike the United States, China has the capacity to assist her allies in outfitting their militaries with highly advanced weapons systems in relatively short order. Many nations in the Asia-Pacific that have previously been aligned with the West will either side with Beijing or remain neutral in the event of war erupting between the super powers. A coalition is building with China at the head and it won't be limited to the so-called 'pariah' states like North Korea, Pakistan and Iran but a number of African, South American and Pacific nations. The writing is on the wall, for those who have eyes to see.

[@Redoldgun]

Thinking too much, India's magical brain circuitry has led to a state of war between India and all its neighboring countries. In terms of India's thinking, his neighbors can basically be regarded as Military alliance against him. It's just that India's neighbors don't know.。

[@Redoldgun]

By the way, North Korea is still in a state of joint sanctions by China and the United States. China is actually very troublesome about North Korea, a stinky and tough neighboring country。

[@aachoocrony5754]

​@@Redoldgun'China is sanctioning North Korea' probably has some truth to it but they do it on their own terms and ignore enforcing US sanctions on North Korea.

[@johnsmith1953x]

@@Redoldgun LOL! That's western propaganda. This is none.

[@johnsmith1953x]

It is already set in stone.

[@noturdad5354]

They would be crunched in any military situation.

[@dirkaminimo4836]

I think China now knows a losing hand, but I wish everyone would just leave North Korea alone.

[@wendysbaconator1175]

One US sub could destroy their entire navy from beyond the horizon.

[@nieljosephpalca7849]

Similar to North Korea's asymmetric strategy, it would be better for Taiwan to approach to that kind of strategy. Taiwan can enhance its armed forces by developing and building littoral/shored defence assets such as modern coastal defence submarines, fast missile boats, fast minelayer boats, mobile shore-based anti-ship missile systems, aerial kamikaze drones, combat drones, surveillance drones, mobile artilleries (MLRS), decoys, and most importantly layer ground based-air defence systems.

[@rs-dp6pr]

Beautiful, let the arm building begin, from both side..

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

​@@rs-dp6prWhat do you mean? One side is arming up, and the other side is slow to do so.

[@zetareticulan321]

China should nuke Taiwan.

[@Redoldgun]

Based on the relationship between distance and national strength, it is extremely foolish for Taiwan to compete with China for military industrial productivity, especially drones. 90% of the world's drones are produced in China. According to a recent message from the US military to the US Congress, China's shipbuilding capacity is 232 times that of the United States. China's industrial production capacity accounts for 60% of global industrial production capacity.

[@accountantthe3394]

Wdym? They'd bankrupt themselves if they want to compete with China's industrial might 😄

[@AGTheOSHAViolationsCounter]

I'm a simple man, I see an objective video on Best Korea I hit like!

[@dustinandtarynwolfe5540]

Title should include: for north koreans

[@douginorlando6260]

I would not be surprised if N Korea is inspired by Russia’s 100 megaton torpedo. Like Dr Strangelove said in the movie “Dr Strangelove” when weight of the nuclear bomb is not a delivery problem, then there’s no limit to how large it can be.

[@douginorlando6260]

And the hard part is lighting the fire. Making it bigger is the easy part with the flood of neutrons already there

[@cosmoray9750]

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[@douginorlando6260]

Actually, they dropped a 50 megaton bomb over 60 years ago. And the Torpedo weapon is much larger by weight and volume than the 50 megaton. Estimates are 100 megatons with additionsl weight dedicated to create a highly radioactive strontium 90 cloud with a half life of 60 years. it could be much larger than 100

[@221b-l3t]

​@@douginorlando6260 Livermore Lab designed "Gnomon" a 1000 Mt bomb that Teller wanted to use as a primary for a 10 Gigaton bomb. It could set all of France on fire. And you can go bigger. He once designed one of unkown size with a deliver system noted as "backyard". Meaning it would kill everyone on Earth so there was no point in carting it around. Much of this was in a talk creatively called "Bigger Bangs" where he presented Gnomon and "Sundial" the 10 Gigaton bomb. Most of it is unfortunately still classified.

[@douginorlando6260]

Those Hungarians! Bombs that big could leave craters a mile deep. One bomb surprised the designers when it was much bigger than calculated. It had sett off an additional type of chain reaction. There was a concern that the first bomb would ignite the nitrogen in the atmosphere world wide. They did it anyway

[@avus-kw2f213]

24:34 I don’t think so as you can see the earlier configuration had a helicopter landing pad later it doesn’t . I understand why that mistake was made as this video was made before the recent information

[@silenciummortum2193]

Very insightful analysis. Thank you.

[@docnoc66]

DPRK naval subs are noisy compared with modern production-can be located and interdicted

[@rdiddyspace1708]

I wonder if China or Russia would ever sell retired Kilo subs to North Korea in the future? but wait how could North Korea pay for them? a good economy is a key element for new naval acquisitions.

[@M16_Akula-III]

China had, "given for free" a few subs to other countries so that might be possible.

[@Amidat]

Great insight... but you left out the variable that the Russian Pacific Fleet would augment them in the east.

[@bubbles8491]

Didn't know Arnie was narrating KZbin vids

[@ViceCoin]

I'd bet DPRK contractors have no cost overruns or delays.

[@danielescobar7618]

They give deadlines real meaning. The goals just change. instead of designing a part you are now digging a 6 foot hole

[@ViceCoin]

@@danielescobar7618 Failure is a death sentence!

[@Brian-om2hh]

Well not that you'd ever hear about.....

[@douginorlando6260]

I will not be surprised if Russia gives N Korea cavitation 240 knot torpedos that can reach S Korea, Japan and maybe Guam in exchange for military support. In Ancient days, N Korea would be offered a good chunk of Ukraine.

[@TheBGjosh]

Did you record this in a bathroom? 🤣

[@grahamreid7017]

Very small player in everything military. May have a huge number of troops but that's about it. Have missiles but small numbers. Only threat is madness.

[@philkipnis740]

Its interesting that a country this poor would rather let its citizens starve in order to support a half assed sub fleet. As you said, this fleet, save two or three serious boats, is more of a danger to itself than the more professional navies of South Korea, Japan Australia and the US. They can cause problems but likely at their own peril.

[@thetreekeeper143]

You've been brainwashed by western media. NK are not starving but due to American sanctions, they don't have fast food like McDonald's and KFC either. Which means they're not fat group of people like the West. If you use your intelligence, starving people do not produce anything. But North Korea produces a lot of weapons. They even have hypersonic missiles, something the Americans don't have.

[@thomasfx3190]

This is all very interesting, great video! That said, Romeo & Sang-O submarines are so noisy we can hear them in San Francisco. Any naval engagement between the KPAN and the US Navy would be over by lunch time. The dissimilarities between North Korea & the US forces make it so that after a couple of hours, I’d predict that very few NK ships would even leave port because they’d only be destroyed within a few minutes.

[@peteranddorothybowles5428]

Can you imagine working on one of the beauties Poor sods

[@chriswilliams8926]

North Korean subs from the 50's and 60s can be heard from over 15,000 yards away... and then some by US submarines. The only threat they pose is to the crews that operate these antiques.

[@alexwerbachowski6144]

I kno cartel members with a better subs and weapons 😂

[@AhmadmerzaSarani-no2wq]

North Korean is the fastest growing in build modern design ballistic missiles submarine and stealth deadly submarine.. capable to strike anti-ship cruise missile and air-defence system..

[@din0kill]

Do the North Korean use the windows on their submarines to look out for under water obstacles?

[@davidmurphy8190]

No, the windows on the upper forward section of the ROMEO Class SSK sail are to provide a place from which to conn the submarine while running on the surface. If you look carefully at the ROMEO Class sail you will see the protective shield for the periscopes, snorkel mast, and other sensor masts. This was done by Soviet submarine designers to protect those extensible masts against ice while a ROMEO was at periscope depth. The PRC-built Type 033 were considered by some naval analysts to be better than the Soviet-built boats.

[@esko23q]

DPRK Navy is pretty much a Lemon vs USA and USSR they like Ferrari and Porchse lol

[@techkingdata9338]

Most people don't know they have a navy

[@johndyson4109]

1 U.S. Ohio class sub. would decimate all of North Korea and their Navy.. We got over 15 of them...

[@vermas4654]

idk, the green paintjob of the Romeos does look pretty good

[@GoGoGoRunRunRun]

What's that in the thumbnail? An Umbrella Corporation sub?

[@onetruekeeper]

Their ships and subs are for suicide missions and are not expected to survive an engagement.

[@noturdad5354]

North Korea couldn’t even win a war on its home island.

[@ViceCoin]

Big ships are big targets.

[@perryjoejimbob]

What is that, a mosquito? The navy of Paraguay is more dangerous.

[@mop330]

the fact North Korea is nuclear capable should really tip off people to the real reason behind the iran controversy. I has nothing to do with protecting global stability and everything to do with bending over backwards to deal with israels problems for them.

[@siraff4461]

Take a look at whats happening in Ukraine at the moment. Are we really trying to suggest Russia is less capable than N.Korea? N.Korea's military is of course a threat but thats like saying anyone with a rock can be dangerous. Modern weapons systems are always developed with lessons learned from the older ones and usually specifically to better them. Thats why some of Russias best helicopters are being taken down by handheld missile launchers from the ground. Any weapon which is next gen or more than its counterpart will hold a massive advantage. Thats not to say there would be no fight but the reality is that sooner or later its only going one way.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

I don't think I know.

[@nudgeunit]

Puke song one ballistic missile. I'm here for it.

[@MaxLib]

Is this channel based in North Korea?

[@oklahoma1232]

IT needs POSEIDENS to park in San Diego Lajulla Calle Candela 92037

[@jerrymccrae7202]

Yeah im really scared of that green submarine!😊

[@masishida7522]

i thought North Korea also had relations with Russia. There are many North Koreans working in Russia.

[@robertmuller3145]

Basically a One battle and game over navy

[@edwinvargas7969]

Yup, but they also have only one battle to worry about

[@itsthenewlifeofsomeone1]

Meanwhile the Korean war 3 years

[@lutherjohnson5775]

Is that the Sub from Under Siege........

[@Recovery12Life]

What a joke, they would be toast in an hour

[@acebrandon3522]

Still, Lil Kimmi's Bathtub Navy may have some life n bite. But overall, still not a match for either ROK, Japan or the good ole USA. For the Big 3 just mentioned Lil Kimmi's bathtyme navy is just target practice, if at all.

[@Kraken_Mybutt]

Deadly to local powers....

[@kingdedede1066]

Primarily I think that a lack of investment by North Korea will drive its fleet to obsolescence anyway unless it can fix its economy to enable modernisation.

[@chamberpot969]

North Korea will earn revenue from manpower contracted to rebuild a Russian Ukraine.

[@christianklein5774]

ther was a report that n korea get off a a tall numberal ligh corvet in service , i rmber a numberal over 40

[@alanwayte432]

I mean would you want to sail on a North Korea submarine 😮

[@frankchan4272]

Dumb question, at around 22:20 what ship is Kim Jong-Il is standing on to view Nanjin class frigate? That ship appears to have a couple of missile illuminators & appears much larger the Nanjin. Chinese cruiser? Destroyer?

[@minhmeo9506]

The Soho-class corvette, a catamaran, over-armed design that make this ship too unstable to go to the high sea

[@24934637]

IF they've actually managed to produce a Type 033 Romeo Class submarine, they aren't doing all that badly! Ah.......My mistake, apparently they were ASSEMBLED in North Korea from kit form Subs bought from China......NOT totally home built by NK.

[@bigslithervisuals1980]

I read the title and instantly knew I couldn't take this video seriously. C'mon North Korea? You've gotta be kidding me lol. They are the size of Mississippi, Their people are starving.

[@bryanbrewer4272]

Kim jong pun tang.....not scary at all...

[@ViceCoin]

The US is deploying nuclear subs in South Korea.

[@Wolv17]

If war was to happen with the North they would mostly lose 90 percent of their Navy in the first 24 hours but my fear is their two Simpo Class Subs will go on a suicide mission to Guam or Hawaii.