As the North Korean state news agency KCNA reported on March 24, 2023, from March 21 to March 23, tests were conducted in the DPRK of a "new complex of underwater nuclear strategic strike weapons" "Heir" ("Tsunami"), which is an uninhabited underwater vehicle with a nuclear charge, the task of which is called "stealthy arrival in a submerged position in the area the destruction and destruction of enemy ship groups and large ports by creating a super-powerful radioactive tsunami due to underwater explosions." Judging by the published images, the device has a torpedo-shaped design and thus is functionally analogous to the Poseidon ocean multipurpose system created in Russia for a long time, although, apparently, the North Korean system is equipped with a non-nuclear power plant.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the torpedo-shaped underwater uninhabited vehicle of the new North Korean "complex of underwater nuclear strategic strike weapons" "Heir" ("Tsunami"), March 2023 (c) KCNAThe message of the Central Committee literally says (official Russian text):
Pyongyang, March 24. /KCNA/- Deliberate, intrusive and provocative anti-republican military exercises and the confrontational position of the United States and the puppet traitors of South Korea have brought the military-political situation on the Korean peninsula to an irreversible dangerous level.
As for the recklessness and danger of the recent confrontational madness of the United States and puppet traitors, there have never been such in history.
The United States and its satellites, ignoring the strict warnings of our government, army and people, openly conducted large-scale and very dangerous anti-republican military exercises, the form and content of which actually consist in "capture". They also plan to continue furiously resorting to prolonged military provocations with a more firm confrontational position and worsen the situation.
Such a serious provocative situation with the security of the state requires us to have more powerful war deterrence forces that can reliably ensure the peaceful construction of a socialist state, that is, a more developed multilateral offensive capability for a nuclear strike, comprehensively strengthen that ability, with such indestructible power to contain war and reliably guarantee peace and prosperity.
Attempts by hostile forces to wage war against the Republic, involving the introduction of large-scale nuclear strategic means, forces for its conduct and the peculiarity of this war, necessarily require us to prepare the entire army for total war and priority strengthening of nuclear forces in qualitative and quantitative terms.
The Central Committee of the CPC energetically directs military activities one after another in order to comprehensively strengthen the country's defense readiness and increase the self-defense forces to deter nuclear war in order to immediately respond and consistently control all threats and challenges of nuclear war.
After organizing and leading complex tactical exercises to practice a conditional nuclear counterattack for 3 days, from March 21 to March 23, as a sign of demonstrating the ability to launch another military attack, the Central Military Committee of the CPC led military exercises aimed at warning enemies about a practical nuclear crisis and checking the reliability of self-defense nuclear forces.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un led the main military activities.
From March 21 to March 23, a new system of underwater offensive weapons was tested.
11 years ago, since 2012, our defense research institution has been researching the forms of war in a new era and developing a system of underwater nuclear strategic offensive weapons based on the concept of a new operation, defining development directions for strengthening self-defense forces in order to deter the military-technical superiority of the aggressive imperialist army.
In October 2021, at the Exhibition of Achievements in the Development of state Defense "Self-Defense - 2021", the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Party gave a report on this system of underwater nuclear strategic offensive weapons in closed mode.
This secret weapon was named at the VIII Party Congress "nuclear unmanned underwater offensive vehicle "Heir". Also, within two years after the party congress, this weapon has passed various tests of the final stage more than 50 times.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un personally supervised the tests of this weapon 29 times, and its placement was determined at the VI Plenum of the Central Committee of the eighth convocation of the party.
The mission of the underwater nuclear strategic weapon is to swim unnoticed underwater to the operational water area, cause super-powerful radioactive waves with an underwater explosion and destroy groups of ships and the main operational port.
This nuclear unmanned underwater offensive vehicle can be placed on any coast, or in a port, or a surface ship, and put into operation.
A nuclear unmanned underwater offensive vehicle involved in the exercises on March 21 on the coast of Livon County, South Hamgyong Province, at a depth of 80-150 meters for 59 hours and 12 minutes swam underwater along a certain oval and 8-shaped trajectory over the Korean East Sea. Then, in the second half of March 23, he reached the target in the waters of Hongwon Bay, which imitated the enemy's port, and his test warhead exploded underwater.
As a result of the test, all the tactical and technical characteristics and flight technical indicators of the nuclear unmanned underwater offensive vehicle were accurately evaluated, its reliability and safety were confirmed, and its impeccable ability to deliver a fatal blow was proved.
On March 22, exercises were held to launch strategic cruise missile units in order to work out the order and process of performing strategic nuclear offensive tasks.
Before the launch exercises, there were exercises in order to re-check the normality of the operation and safety of the technical and system mechanism system, including the procedure for certifying the order of a nuclear attack and the launch approval system, and to re-work out the methods of conducting combat operations of strategic cruise missile units and their preparation for firing service.
Strategic cruise missiles are equipped with test warheads that mimic a nuclear warhead.
Two strategic cruise missiles of the "Hwasar-1" type and two strategic cruise missiles of the "Hwasar-2" type launched from the village of Chakdo, Khynnam district, Hamhin, South Hamgyong Province, flew 7557-7567 seconds and 9118-9129 seconds separately along an oval and 8-shaped trajectory simulating a distance of 1500 km and 1800 km over the Korean Eastern by sea, hit the intended target.
The launch exercises included a low-level flight test of cruise missiles and a test to assess the ability to regulate variable altitude and evasion flight.
They also once again confirmed the reliability of the operation of nuclear explosion control devices and fuses of each missile of different kinds, using the method of air explosion impact at a certain height of 600 meters.
The test of significant weapons and launch exercises did not have any negative impact on the security of surrounding countries.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un expressed great satisfaction with the result of testing significant weapons and strategic launch exercises.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un said that the more the reckless military-provocative machinations of the United States and the South Korean authorities, who ignored our patience and warnings, intensify, the further we will respond overwhelmingly, aggressively and powerfully to the end in order to neutralize all attempts at aggression by enemies against the Republic and reliably protect the peaceful life and future of our people, the case of building socialism. And he outlined the next combat missions and permanent courses to perform the above tasks.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un severely criticized that the United States, chattering about the promise of ensuring the defense of the Union, under any guise of strengthening the union, desperately resorted to military machinations, aggravating the situation in the region, increasing the reckless recklessness and "courage" of puppet traitors and inciting them to swashbuckling actions. And he stressed the need for offensive actions in order to bring opponents, who by careless outrages themselves cause danger, to the consciousness of our immeasurable ability to deter nuclear war, which is still rapidly strengthening.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un said that an overwhelming demonstration of consistent forces to contain the war would plunge the choice of the United States and the puppets into despair and make them understand for themselves that through strengthening the military alliance and expanding military exercises in the region they will get more loss than gain, and they will also face a great threat.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong-un, on behalf of our party and the Government of the Republic, once again seriously warned the enemies to stop reckless anti-republican military exercises.
The nuclear armed forces of the Republic, according to the wishes and intentions of our party, government and people, who are determined to contain the war, protect peace and stability, will increase their responsible combat functions and mission with more destructive power to consistently disrupt the dreams of war fanatics about confrontation, will also comprehensively and extraordinarily strengthen the overwhelming nuclear response readiness.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the torpedo-shaped underwater uninhabited vehicle of the new North Korean "complex of underwater nuclear strategic strike weapons" "Heir" ("Tsunami"), March 2023 (c) KCNANorth Korean strategic cruise missiles of the Hwasar-1 and Hwasar-2 types (Strela)
during the training launches on 03/22/2023 (c) CTAC
