Participating U.S. forces included the Arleigh-Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence and a maritime ...

What began as an ordinary day for South Korean fishermen near Sokcho became a major military incident when their nets snagged a stranded North Korean submarine. Forced to surface, the Yugo-class ...

The images come just weeks after Pyongyang launched its first destroyer—the largest surface combatant in its fleet.

SEOUL-North ... submarine, in the region to deter the North. Pyongyang has repeatedly declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear weapons state and routinely denounces joint US-South Korea ...

SEOUL--North Korea ... submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM),” Ha Tae-keung, an opposition party lawmaker on parliament’s intelligence committee, told Reuters. “One is a modified Romeo ...

Pyongyang unveiled the 5,000-ton destroyer-class vessel named Choe Hyon last month. North Korea claims the vessel ... carrier and a nuclear-powered submarine, in the region to deter the North.

along with submarines, P-3 maritime patrol aircraft, AW-159 and Lynx helicopters and FA-50 and KF-16 fighter jets. The United States sent the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Lawrence and P-8 patrol ...

SEOUL, South Korea ... North’s nuclear program. He added that the acquisition of a nuclear-powered submarine would be his next big step in strengthening his navy. The new “multipurpose” destroyer, ...

The ship – which is being built despite international sanctions against North ... South Korean submarine expert Moon Keun-sik said the naval vessel appears to be a 6000-ton-class or 7000-ton ...

Pyongyang unveiled the 5,000-ton destroyer-class vessel named Choe Hyon last month. North Korea claims the vessel ... carrier and a nuclear-powered submarine, in the region to deter the North.

North Korea has conducted a slew of underwater-launched ballistic missile tests since 2016, but all launches were made from the same 2,000-ton-class submarine which has a single launch tube.