North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspects a ton-class nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine.
26/12/2025
According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs, personally inspected the construction of a ton-class nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine.
Choose the right moment to counterattack
It is reported that Kim Jong-un emphasized the importance of the construction work of nuclear strategic attack submarines and clarified the firm will and strategic and tactical policy to continue to strongly promote the nuclear armament of the navy. Kim Jong-un said that South Korea's nuclear submarine development plan aggravates the instability of the Korean Peninsula region and seriously infringes upon the national security of North Korea.
Kim Jong Un also specifically learned about the progress of the research on newly developed underwater secret weapons and put forward strategic concepts regarding the reorganization of naval forces and the establishment of new units.
U.S. nuclear submarine appears in Busan, North Korea warns it will "choose the right time to retaliate"
The Korean Central News Agency reported that a spokesperson for the North Korean Ministry of National Defense issued a statement on a certain day, saying that the United States has recently attempted to bring serious nuclear instability factors to North Korea's security environment, and North Korea will consider taking countermeasures in response to the demonstration of U.S. nuclear forces.
A U.S. Navy attack nuclear submarine entered the Busan operational base in South Korea under the pretext of crew rotation and replenishment of military supplies.
As early as on the day of the month, the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle group, the USS George Washington, entered South Korea. This action by the United States has seriously escalated military tensions and instability in the Korean Peninsula and the region.
North Korea will significantly enhance its defense capabilities to safeguard national interests, and will consider taking countermeasures in response to U.S. nuclear force demonstrations. The implementation methods and timing will be selected based on symmetrical and asymmetrical principles.
New high-altitude long-range surface-to-air missile

On the month and day, North Korea test-fired a new high-altitude long-range surface-to-air missile currently under development. This marks North Korea's first test launch of the new high-altitude long-range surface-to-air missile, with Kim Jong-un observing the event on-site.
The North Korean side stated that this test launch was the first trial of a tactical and technical assessment for the high-altitude long-range air defense missile system currently under development. The launched air defense missile accurately struck a simulated high-altitude target set at a distance of kilometers.
Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs, observed the test launch and congratulated its complete success.