North Korea: new cruise missile launches in the presence of Kim Jong-un. One of the missions announced as part of the modernization of the army is to achieve the “nuclearization of the navy” North Korea intends to convert its older Romeo-class submarines to make them capable of carrying tactical nuclear missiles.

But very old and very noisy, they cannot move significantly away from the North Korean coast, because they are easily detectable and above all they do not have the autonomy that a nuclear submarine would offer.