North Korea's reported construction of a nuclear-powered submarine with ballistic missile capability is a threat to South Korea and the U.S., says defense expert Moon Geun-sik. Pyongyang revealed rare images of the prototype on Saturday, with some saying the country might be receiving technical assistance from Russia to build the vessel.
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00:00The South Korean defense expert says the North's plan to develop a nuclear-powered submarine
00:05poses a threat to both Seoul and Washington.
00:08Moon Geun-sik, a Hanyang University professor, says the vessel under construction looks fit
00:12to carry around 10 ballistic missiles.
00:15North Korean state media revealed images of the prototype on Saturday, the first time
00:20the country has shown such a submarine.
00:22It's thought North Korea may be getting technical help from Russia in exchange for supplying
00:26troops for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.