How a few Navy thread? We have some Navy veterans and retirees right here who hopefully can contribute to this thread.
I might like to begin on a critical notice: Korea. I hope the world isn’t taking its eye off the North Korea ball. There are many troubles right here and there all over the world however few threat catastrophe as a lot because the North Korean regime — and their Navy, I imagine, is destined to play an vital function of their future plans.
On the threat of dabbling in politics, let me say that the Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea is just about none of these issues: Not democratic, not for the advantage of the individuals and never a republic. It’s nearer to an autocratic monarchy; typically described because the Kim Household Regime. I will simply name it North Korea or NK.
Within the standard sense, the NK Navy is pathetic, with principally Soviet and Chinese language Communist ship varieties which might be many a long time outdated. Among the ship varieties date to pre-WW2. That stated, there’s something to be stated for numbers, e.g., sufficient individuals with pitchforks can in the end overwhelm an armed opponent. Happily, NK does not likely have the numbers both, making them a third-rate Navy in nearly all respects. The primary 4 images replicate that standing.
The issue that is still is that NK has discovered that the optimum strategic weapon is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), and so they have devoted appreciable effort to creating that functionality. The submarine that they’ve chosen to make use of to launch these missiles is seemingly the Romeo-class Diesel-electric submarine, a Soviet design courting to the Fifties and in-built giant numbers in China. Data is tough to return by, because the NK regime is among the many most opaque on the earth; I hope that the connected diagram of a modified Romeo is correct, because it signifies the NKs have deleted half the battery capability of the boat, severely limiting stealthy submerged operations. They’ve additionally test-fired a SLBM, though I have no idea whether or not the test-firings have been from submarines or maybe submerged take a look at barges.
In fact, the modified Romeo could be the preliminary effort — I am certain they’d like one thing with better capabilities, however NK has few pals on the earth and I believe even the Chinese language are guarded in what know-how they may share with the Kim household regime.
Subsequent I might like to try the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN); the South Koreans are constructing a world-class fashionable Navy and that must be a fuller put up.
