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28. An interesting tidbit from your source (NBC), "likely side-launched ... a method not previously observed in N.K."

Thu May 22, 2025, 07:41 AM

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The U.S.-based website 38 North said last week that North Korea was preparing to launch the second destroyer and that it was “likely be side-launched from the quay, a method not previously observed in North Korea.”

“The use of this launch method could be one of necessity, as the quay where the ship is being built does not have an incline,” it said in a report.

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