 ochoin  | 24 Dec 2025 11:34 p.m. PST |
Straight away you can see problems:
they've made it out of chocolate. link Not to disparage North Korean engineering expertise but the crew may find it difficult to get Life Insurance. |
 John the OFM | 25 Dec 2025 5:56 a.m. PST |
Chocolate submarines are the best to avoid sonar detection. |
| OSCS74 | 25 Dec 2025 7:27 a.m. PST |
Just what the world needs NK with boom-boom sub. I hope NK does better than the Soviets did about protecting the crew from radiation. |
| Griefbringer | 25 Dec 2025 10:08 a.m. PST |
the crew may find it difficult to get Life Insurance. I have a feeling that life insurances might not be really be a thing in North Korea in the first place… |
| SBminisguy | 25 Dec 2025 11:05 a.m. PST |
World's largest clay model… |
| 79thPA | 25 Dec 2025 12:35 p.m. PST |
It could be rice krispie treats and fondant. |
| 35thOVI | 25 Dec 2025 12:54 p.m. PST |
🤔 I see this differently. Perhaps: The "DPRKS Floater"
Or if one prefers to stay with the Korean language
The "DPRKS Ddong"
Or in line with the fact is disappears under water
The "DPRKS Poodini" So many more. |
| nickinsomerset | 26 Dec 2025 1:55 a.m. PST |
North Korea building a nuclear submarine, is now upset that South Korea want one, Tally Ho! |
| Incavart77 | 26 Dec 2025 8:22 p.m. PST |
Strip away the chocolate jokes and this looks like a first-generation SSBN analogue. Probably loud, probably dangerous for the crew, and almost certainly inferior to anything fielded by a major navy. But that's beside the point. Even a noisy nuclear submarine complicates ASW planning, forces resource diversion, and adds uncertainty to crisis escalation. The Soviets and Chinese fielded equally crude boats early on and they still mattered. This isn't a wonder weapon, it's deterrence by complication. |
 Legion 4 | 26 Dec 2025 8:48 p.m. PST |
Yes, it seems to be "old tech" compared to many in the West. However, we have to take any threat from Un seriously. That being said, Un has little chance at best to successfully invade the South. As it is still a UN mission. Albeit if the truce went hot, I'm not sure how many in NATO will come to assist the ROKs and US to stop the North? IMO the X-Factor will be if the Chicoms get involved as before. It is only prudent to not trust anything the Chicoms say. Plus with Un sending troops into Putin's meatgrinder in Ukraine. Would Putin support Un's forces if they attack South ? Un is a gangster, a dictator, etc. he likes to be King … So this sub may be just another piece of propaganda, etc. for local consumption. But again we have we can't turn our backs on him. That being said, Un can and does saber rattle, posture, etc. But will he risk war with the US and ROKs[maybe even the UN?] if it means losing his "throne" … And most likely be killed, maybe like Mussolini ? |
| Incavart77 | 26 Dec 2025 9:20 p.m. PST |
Ha! The Mussolini comparison — a boy can dream — but Kim isn't Mussolini. Fascists fall when their own elites defect after military defeat. Kim survives by never letting it get that far. North Korea probably isn't posturing for invasion, more like posturing for deterrence and leverage. A nuclear submarine, even a crude one, isn't about winning just making retaliation complex and forcing adversaries to plan for uncertainty. China doesn't want a war, Russia can't meaningfully support one, and Kim knows full-scale conflict ends his regime. This fits his long-standing pattern: escalate just enough to extract attention and concessions, while staying below the threshold that triggers regime-ending retaliation. |
bases up the rifle teams.
