North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the U.S. The state media agency on Saturday released photos showing what it called “a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine,

North Korea may soon seal its place in an exclusive global club after Kim Jong Un unveiled the country’s first nuclear-powered submarine under construction. ‘These incomparably revolutionary vessels must fulfill their mission as a nuclear power’s formidable deterrent that will overpower the hostile forces’ entrenched “gunboat diplomacy”‘,

The announcement came amid fears that Pyongyang may be receiving crucial military technology from Russia in return for sending troops and weapons for its war against Ukraine.