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China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jong-un's Elderly Prize Submarine Under Scrutiny
2014-08-28
A submarine inspected amid great fanfare by North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un on Monday was a Chinese-made 033-class vessel widely considered obsolete, media reports said Tuesday.

China modelled the 033-class submarines after the Soviet Union's Romeo-class submarine and exported seven of them to the North in the 1980s, according to the U.S.-based Chinese daily Duo Wei Times, four of them for free. With a displacement of 1,800 tons, the submarine is propelled by two screws on two axles.

Currently, the North reportedly has some 20 033-class submarines, including 15 home-grown ones.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  And two shafts instead of axles.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-08-28 23:01  

#1  This one needed more ballast.

And paint.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2014-08-28 08:36  

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