Armed forces of the DPRK: history, structure and weapons. Soviet fleet and the North Korean Navy (DPRK) North Korean submarine fleet

I present to your attention an overview of the MODERN fleet of the DPRK.

It is unique in many ways. See for yourself what the engineers of a poor country can develop without access, even a survey, to any technical innovations. Unfortunately, due to the absolute closeness of the country, there are actually no photographs of this unique phenomenon, so you have to be content with rare pictures.
Let's start with the "large" surface ships.
North Korea has 9 ships, which they proudly call corvettes and frigates.
The newest and most technologically advanced Soho-class frigate. 1 piece.

Built in 1983
Length 73.8m; width 15.5m; displacement 1845t
Armament:
4 missiles P-21/22 (export version of "Termite") Do not be surprised that this is a hello from the 50s, things will be even more interesting later on.
1 x 100mm gun. Not sure if it's automatic.
2x30mm AK-230
2x37mm
2x25mm
4 RBU-1200 bombers
As we can see, the ship has a helipad, but the hangar is missing or removed below deck.
Speed according to various data is from 23 to 27 knots.
Frigate "Nagin" 2 units.

In the 70s, when the ships turned into platforms studded with rocket launchers, the DPRK received from the USSR drawings of the long-obsolete guard project 42 Sokol. Having put rocket launchers in addition to the provided artillery weapons, they received a strange ship. A hybrid of a World War II destroyer and a missile boat.
Length 102m; width 10m; Displacement 1500t
Armament:
2 missiles P-21/22
2x100mm guns with manual reloading
2x57mm
2x30mm
2x25mm
Depth charges. (Rails aft)
Speed 24 knots
Then there are 6 ships, for some reason called artillery corvettes. The purpose of these ships is not even guessed, because the speed is not enough even to catch up with a poacher or smuggler, and the weapons will not allow you to fight with anyone else. Is that to shell the undefended coast.
Sarivon-class artillery corvette 4 units.

Built in the 60s, small boats that look like aliens from the 20s and 30s.
Length 62m; Width 7.3m; Displacement about 500t
Armament:
1x85mm
1x57mm
4x37mm (according to other sources 4x14.5mm)
Speed: 18 knots (according to other sources 16)
"Tral" class artillery corvette 2 units

Who is this, do you think? That's right, this is a pre-war Soviet minesweeper of the "Tral" type. The old man is still working diligently for the glory of the Juche idea, and apparently he is not going to retire yet.
Length 62m, width 7.3m, displacement 500t
Armament:
1x85mm
2x57mm
4x37mm
Speed 18 knots.
Done with the big ships. Let's move on to the mosquito fleet.
The DPRK has a number of ancient missile boats bought a long time ago in the USSR and China, of which a dozen or two are on the move, but it is not interesting to consider them, these are the well-known large-scale projects 183P Komar, 205 Mosquito, 206 Storm and others.
Much more interesting than their special purpose boats. The most interesting thing is that they even export them. North Korean boats are in service with the fleets of Iran and Syria.
So, meet!
Type-A A boat disguised as a fishing boat for transporting reconnaissance and saboteurs, developed in the 90s.

Length 11m; Width 3m
Speed up to 50 knots.
Length 9.3m, Width 2.54m.
Type-B Semi-submerged fast landing craft.

Dives to the superstructure in stealth mode. It becomes almost invisible visually and faintly visible on the radar.
Length 9.3m; Width 2.54; displacement 5t
Crew 2 people + 3 paratroopers.
Speed 30-40 knots on the surface and up to 12 knots in the semi-submerged.
Type-C

An improved version of model B, for 4 paratroopers.
Type-D

It is the same, but sold to Iran:

A full-fledged planing submarine.
Length 12.8m; width 2.95m, displacement 10.5t
Able to dive up to 3 meters under a snorkel and up to 20m under electric motors (?)
In the surface position, the speed is up to 50 knots, in the underwater position, up to 6.
Naturally, the autonomy of these boats is not high, so the DPRK engineers found a solution - landing ships docks converted from fishing trawlers. Pay attention to the gate at the stern.

Of course, in the event of war, these carrier vessels will be useless, but otherwise, for example, such a trawler with a submarine boat is ideal for landing scouts or saboteurs on the territory of South Korea or Russia.
North Korea also has a fleet of real submarines. But about them next time.

PS The designer in the DPRK is what you need, but God forbid what other country gets to put into operation ships of the early 20th century, and even more so to consider, as the North Koreans believe, that their fleet is one of the strongest in the world.

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The command of the Navy has two fleets under its control, Eastern and Western, consisting of 16 combat groups. By virtue of geographical location there is no exchange of ships between the fleets.

The Western Fleet, consisting of 6 squadrons of approximately 300 ships, operates in the waters of the Yellow Sea. The fleet headquarters is located in Nampo, the main base ports are Pipha-got (Pip'a-got) and Sagot (Sagot), smaller bases are Cho-do (Korean 초도, English Ch "o-do) and Tasa-ni ( Tasa-ri) The fleet includes a landing craft brigade, two water area guard brigades, four missile boat battalions, four submarine battalions, and a separate water area guard battalion.
The Eastern Fleet, consisting of 10 squadrons of about 470 ships, operates in the Sea of Japan. The fleet headquarters is located in Taeydong (T’oejo-dong), the main base ports are Najin and Wonsan, smaller bases are Chaho (kor. 차호), Chongjin (kor. 창전), Myang Do and Puam-ni (Puam-ni). The fleet includes two brigades of landing craft, two brigades of protection of the water area, a brigade of boats, a division of URO frigates, three divisions of missile boats, a separate division of torpedo boats, three divisions of submarines, a separate division of ultra-small submarines (sabotage and reconnaissance forces).

The submarine fleet is decentralized. Submarines are based in Ch'aho, Mayangdo and Pip'a-got.

The fleet includes 3 URO frigates (2 Najin, 1 Soho), 2 destroyers, 18 small anti-submarine ships, 4 Soviet submarines of project 613, 23 Chinese and Soviet submarines of project 033 (project 633), 29 small submarines boats of the project "Sang-O", more than 20 midget submarines, 34 missile boats (10 project 205 "Osa", 4 class "Huangfen", 10 "Sozhu", 12 project 183 "Komar"; the boats are armed with anti-ship missiles P- 15 Termite or Chinese CSS-N-1 SCRUBBRUSH), 150 torpedo boats (about half of domestic construction), fire support boats (including 62 CHAHO class), 56 large (6 Hainan, 12 Taejon, 13 "Shanghai-2", 6 "Chongju", 19 "SO-1") and more than 100 small patrol boats, 10 small landing ships "Hante" (capable of carrying 3-4 light tanks), up to 120 landing craft (in including about 100 Nampos, created on the basis of the Soviet P-6 torpedo boat, with a speed of up to 40 knots and a range of up to 335 km and capable of carrying up to 30 fully equipped paratroopers), up to 130 hovercraft, 24 Yukto minesweepers -1/2", 8 floating bases of midget submarines, submarine rescue vessel, 4 hydrographic vessels, minelayers.

The use of high-speed missile and torpedo boats makes it possible to carry out surprise attacks on enemy warships. Submarines can be used to block sea communications, lay minefields and land special operations troops. Approximately 60% of the ships are based near the demilitarized zone.

The Navy has two sniper brigades on amphibious ships.

The coastal troops include two regiments (thirteen divisions of anti-ship missiles) and sixteen separate artillery divisions of coastal artillery. In service coastal batteries there are surface-to-sea missiles S-2 Sopka, CSSC-2 SILKWORM (a Chinese copy of the Soviet P-15M), and CSSC-3 SEERSUCKER with a range of up to 95 km, as well as coastal artillery mounts of caliber 122/130 / 152 mm.

The DPRK fleet has rich experience in laying minefields. Its fleet has a significant number of surface vessels designed to lay mines against amphibious landings, protect strategic ports and provide ground forces with sea protection. As part of the coastal defense system minefields combined with artillery and missile coastal batteries.

The Navy of the DPRK uses semi-submersible vessels used by the 137th squadron of the Navy to land special forces soldiers from the sea. Due to their low profile, these vessels are barely visible on radar. The speed on the surface of the water is 45 knots (83 km / h), the speed in a semi-submerged state is 4 knots (7.4 km / h).

In addition to warships, 10 cargo ships are under the direct control of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces.

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Creation of a fleet

The history of the DPRK Navy dates back to June 5, 1946, when, with the help of Soviet advisers, the Naval Guard Forces of North Korea were formed in Wonsan. Initially, the naval forces were subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior of North Korea, but with the receipt of torpedo boats and the formation of the 2nd division of the TKA on August 29, 1949, the naval forces were reorganized into a separate branch of the military.

By 1950, the Navy of the DPRK included:

1st division of patrol ships - three sea hunters of the OD-200 type
2nd Torpedo Boat Battalion - five G-5 type boats (Wonsan Base)
3rd Minesweeper Battalion - two ex-American YMS minesweepers and one ex-Japanese
division of ships under construction - 7 ships with a displacement of 250 and 800 tons;
one floating base
one military transport with a displacement of 2000 tons (former American, transferred from South Korea in October 1949)
six different boats and schooners (with a displacement of 60-80 tons)
two regiments marines
Coastal Defense Artillery Regiment
anti-aircraft artillery regiment (24 37-mm MZA guns and 12 85-mm SZA guns)
three naval bases (Wonsan - GVMB, Nampo, Seocho)
Naval Academy in Wonsan.

War in Korea 1950-1953

Coastal batteries, deployed for defense against enemy ships, antiamphibious defense and protection of minefields, were equipped mainly with medium-caliber field guns. On the most important sections of the coastline, defense was also carried out by battalions of marines. The density of coastal defense was extremely low; on average, one three-gun battery was used to protect 50-60 km of the coast. To compensate for the small number of coastal defenses, mobile batteries were effectively used. However, to fight the coastal batteries, the American troops were forced to withdraw a significant number of ships and aircraft. In addition, the batteries deprived enemy ships of the opportunity to come close to the shore and conduct targeted shelling of coastal and ground forces of the KPA.

Navy of the DPRK in the post-war period

On January 23, 1968, a US Navy reconnaissance ship was captured by a small anti-submarine ship and three torpedo boats of the DPRK with the support of aviation " pueblo» (AGER class). The vessel was in the territorial waters of the DPRK in order to determine the nature of the activities of the North Korean Navy and reconnaissance of the radio technical situation in its area. east coast, as well as to monitor the warships of the USSR in the area of the Tsushima Strait and determine the reaction of the DPRK and the Soviet Union to the ship's reconnaissance in the Sea of Japan. The ship was fired upon with 57 mm guns and machine guns, and then towed to port.

More than half a century ago, one of the bloodiest military conflicts of the second half of the last century, the war on the Korean Peninsula, ended. It lasted more than three years and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. After it, 80% of the transport and industrial infrastructure of both Korean states were destroyed, millions of Koreans lost their homes or became refugees. Legally, this war continued for many more decades, since the reconciliation and non-aggression pact between South Korea and the DPRK was signed only in 1991.

Since then, the Korean Peninsula has remained a constant hotbed of tension. The situation in this region calms down, then again heats up to a dangerous degree, threatening to develop into the Second Korean War into which they will inevitably be drawn neighboring countries including the US and China. The situation worsened even more after Pyongyang received nuclear weapons. Now, every missile or nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea causes serious international excitement. IN Lately such exacerbations occur with a frequency of once every one to two years.

In 2019, the next Korean crisis coincided with the beginning of the work of the new US President Donald Trump, who, during the election campaign, promised the Americans once and for all to solve the problem of the DPRK. However, despite the bellicose rhetoric and a significant buildup of strike forces in the region, the Americans did not dare to start a large-scale war on the peninsula. What is the reason? Why american army- certainly the most powerful on the planet today - did not dare to start hostilities?

The answer is very simple. For sixty s extra years The North Koreans have managed to create one of the strongest and most numerous armies in the world, a fight with which will be a serious test for any enemy. Today, the DPRK has a million people under arms, a large air force, ballistic missiles and an impressive submarine fleet.

North Korea is the last communist totalitarian state on the planet, in terms of the severity of the regime, it even surpasses the USSR of the Stalinist period. A planned economy still operates here, famine occurs from time to time, dissenters are sent to concentration camps, and public executions for North Koreans are a common thing.

North Korea is a closed country, foreigners rarely visit it, and information about the state of the North Korean economy is classified. It is even more difficult to obtain information about the North Korean army, its size and weapons.

According to experts, the DPRK army today ranks fourth (some say fifth) in the world in terms of numbers. The parade of the DPRK army is a truly impressive spectacle that takes the viewer back to the last century. North Korea has long been under international sanctions, which are periodically intensified after Pyongyang conducts another missile launch or nuclear explosion.

The military budget of North Korea is small due to the disastrous economic situation this country. In 2013, it was only $5 billion. However, over the past decades, the DPRK has been turned into one huge military camp, constantly waiting for attack from South Korea or the United States.

So, what forces does the current leadership of the DPRK have at its disposal, what are the armed forces of this country, what is the nuclear potential of Pyongyang? However, before proceeding to consider state of the art armed forces of North Korea, a few words should be said about their history.

History of the DPRK Army

The first Korean paramilitaries were created in the early 30s of the last century in China. They were led by the Communists and the Koreans fought against the Japanese invaders. By the end of World War II, the Korean People's Army had 188,000 men. One of the commanders of the army was Kim Il Sung - the actual creator of the DPRK and the first of the Kim dynasty, which ruled for almost half a century.

After the end of the war, Korea was divided into two halves - the northern one, which was under the control of the USSR, and the southern one, which was actually occupied by American troops. On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops, having a significant superiority in manpower and equipment, crossed the 38th parallel and moved south. Initially, the campaign was very successful for the North: Seoul fell three days later, and soon the communist armed forces captured up to 90% of the territory of South Korea.

Only a small area, known as the Busan Perimeter, remained under the control of the South Korean government. However, the northerners failed to defeat the enemy with lightning speed, and soon the Western allies came to the aid of the South Koreans.

In September 1950, the Americans intervened in the war, encircling and defeating the North Korean army in a matter of weeks. Only a miracle could save the DPRK from complete defeat, and it happened. At the end of 1950, a Chinese army of thousands crossed the North Korean border and pushed the Americans and South Koreans far to the south. Seoul and Pyongyang returned to the control of the North.

The fighting continued with varying success until 1953, by which time the front line had more or less stabilized near the old border between the two Koreas - the 38th parallel. The turning point of the war was the death of Stalin, shortly after which Soviet Union decided to withdraw from the conflict. China, left alone with the Western coalition, agreed to a truce. But the peace treaty, which usually ends any armed conflict, between the DPRK and the Republic of Korea has not yet been signed.

Over the following decades, North Korea continued to build communism, with the Soviet Union and China as its main allies. All this time, the North Koreans have invested heavily in the development of the armed forces and the military-industrial complex. The situation in North Korea deteriorated significantly after the collapse of the socialist camp and the introduction of Western sanctions against the country. In 2013, during another aggravation, the leadership of the DPRK tore up all non-aggression pacts with its southern neighbor, and also annulled the treaty on the denuclearization of the peninsula.

According to various estimates, the current strength of the DPRK army ranges from 850,000 to 1.2 million people. Another 4 million people are in direct reserve, in total, 10 million people are fit for military service. The population of the DPRK is 24.7 million people. That is, 4-5% of the population serves in the North Korean armed forces, which can be called a real world record.

The North Korean army is conscripted, both men and women serve in it. The service life is from 5 to 12 years. The draft age is 17 years.

The overall leadership of the power and defense sphere of North Korea, according to the country's constitution, is carried out by the State Defense Committee (GKO), headed by the current leader of the country, Kim Jong-un. The GKO controls the work of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, as well as other law enforcement agencies. It is the Defense Committee that can declare martial law in the country, conduct mobilization and demobilization, manage reserves and the military-industrial complex. The Ministry of War consists of several departments: Political, Operational and Logistics Department. The direct operational control of the armed forces of the DPRK is carried out by the General Staff.

The armed forces of the DPRK consist of:

ground forces;
Navy;
Air Force;
Force special operations.

In addition, the Ministry of State Security and the Ministry of public safety. There are also other paramilitary formations: the Workers' and Peasants' Red Guard, the Youth Red Guard, and various people's squads.

Most (and the best) part of the country's armed forces is deployed in close proximity to the demilitarized zone.

North Korea has a highly developed military-industrial complex. It is able to provide the country's armed forces with almost the entire range of weapons and ammunition, with the exception of combat and transport aircraft.

Ground troops

The basis of the armed forces of the DPRK is the ground forces. The main structural associations of the ground forces are the brigade, division, corps and army. Currently, the North Korean army includes 20 corps, including 4 mechanized, 12 infantry, one armored, 2 artillery and a corps that provides the defense of the capital.

Figures regarding the amount of military equipment in service with the ground forces of the DPRK army vary greatly. In the event of war, North Korean generals will be able to rely on 4,200 tanks (light, medium and main), 2,500 armored personnel carriers and 10,000 troops. artillery pieces and mortars (according to other sources, 8.8 thousand).

In addition, the ground forces of the DPRK are armed with a large number jet systems salvo fire(from 2.5 thousand to 5.5 thousand units). The North Korean Armed Forces have both operational-tactical and tactical missile systems, their total number is 50-60 units. The army of the DPRK is armed with more than 10 thousand anti-aircraft artillery installations and about the same number of MANPADS.

If we talk about armored vehicles, then most of it is represented by obsolete Soviet models or their Chinese copies: tanks T-55, PT-85, Pokphunho (local modification), BMP-1, BTR-60 and BTR-80, BTR-40 (several hundred pieces) and VTT-323, created on the basis of the Chinese BMP VTT-323. There is information that the Korean People's Army is still using even the Soviet T-34-85, preserved from the Korean War.

North Korean ground forces have big amount various anti-tank missile systems, most of them are old Soviet samples: “Baby”, “Bumblebee”, “”, “”.

Air Force

The Air Force of the Korean People's Army is approximately 100 thousand people. Service life in the Air Force and Air Defense Forces is 3-4 years.

The DPRK Air Force consists of four commands, each of which is responsible for its own direction, and six aviation divisions. In service air force There are 1.1 thousand aircraft and helicopters in the country, which makes them one of the most numerous in the world. The North Korean Air Force has 11 air bases, most of which are located near the South Korean border.

The basis of the Air Force fleet is made up of obsolete Soviet or Chinese-made aircraft: MiG-17, MiG-19, MiG-21, as well as Su-25 and MiG-29. The same can be said about combat helicopters, the vast majority of them are Soviet vehicles, Mi-4, Mi-8 and Mi-24. There are also 80 Hughes-500D helicopters.

North Korea has a fairly powerful air defense system, which includes about 9 thousand different anti-aircraft artillery systems. True, all North Korean air defense systems are Soviet complexes of the 60s or 70s of the last century: S-75, S-125, S-200, Kub air defense systems. It should be noted that the DPRK has a lot of these complexes (about a thousand units).

Naval Forces

The Navy of North Korea has a strength of approximately 60 thousand people (as of 2012). It is divided into two components: the East Sea Fleet (operating in the Sea of Japan) and the West Sea Fleet (designed to solve combat missions in the Gulf of Korea and the Yellow Sea).

Today, the North Korean Navy includes approximately 650 ships, their total displacement exceeds 100,000 tons. North Korea has a fairly powerful submarine fleet. It consists of about a hundred submarines of various types and displacements. The North Korean submarine fleet is capable of carrying ballistic missiles with a nuclear warhead.

Most of the ship composition of the DPRK Navy is represented by boats various kinds: missile, torpedo, artillery and landing. However, there are also larger vessels: five corvettes with guided missiles, almost two dozen small anti-submarine ships. The main task of the naval forces of North Korea is to cover the coast and the coastal zone.

Special Operations Forces

Probably, the DPRK has the most numerous Special Operations Forces in the world. Various sources their number is estimated at 80,000 to 125,000 servicemen. The tasks of the forces include reconnaissance and sabotage operations, countering the special forces of the United States and South Korea, organizing partisan movement behind enemy lines.

The DPRK MTR includes reconnaissance units, light infantry and sniper units.

Rocket troops

In 2005, the DPRK officially announced the creation of its own nuclear weapons. Since then, one of the priorities of the country's military-industrial complex has been the creation of missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

Part missile weapons DPRK Armed Forces - old Soviet missiles or their copies. For example, "Hwaseong-11" or "Doksa" - tactical missile, a copy of the Soviet "Point-U" with a range of 100 km or "Hwaseong-5" - analogue Soviet rocket R-17 with a range of 300 km.

However, most North Korean missiles are of their own design. North Korea manufactures ballistic missiles not only for the needs of its army, but also actively exports them. Foreign experts believe that over the past 20 years, Pyongyang has sold about 1.2 thousand ballistic missiles various types. Among its buyers are Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Yemen.

Today, the armed forces of the DPRK are:

Hwaseong-6 short-range missile, commissioned in 1990. It is an improved modification of the Hwaseong-5 missile with a range of up to 700 km. Between 300 and 600 of these missiles are believed to be currently in service;
Rocket medium range"Hwaseong-7". Adopted in 1997, can hit targets at a distance of 1300 km;
Medium-range missile "No-Dong-2", it was put into service in 2004, its flight range is 2 thousand km;
Hwaseong-10 medium-range ballistic missile. It has been in service since 2009, the flight range is up to 4.5 thousand km. It is believed that today Pyongyang may have up to 200 of these missiles;
Intercontinental ballistic missile "Hwaseong-13" with a range of up to 7.5 thousand km. It was first shown at the parade in 2012. "Hwaseong-13" can reach the territory of the United States, which naturally causes great concern among the Americans. It should also be noted that the DPRK is a member of the club of space states. At the end of 2012, the artificial satellite"Kwangmyeongseong-3".

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As of 2006-2010 (there is no exact data), the number of the DPRK Navy was 46,000 people, in 2012, 60,000. The conscription service life is 5-10 years.

The headquarters of the Navy is located in Pyongyang. Most of the Navy is made up of Coast Guard forces. The Navy is capable of carrying out border protection operations in the coastal zone, offensive and defensive operations, mining and conventional raid operations. At the same time, due to the imbalance in the composition of the fleet, limited opportunities for control maritime spaces deterrent action or combat against submarines. Over 60% of North Korean warships are stationed at forward bases.

The main task of the Navy is to support the combat operations of the ground forces against the army of South Korea. The Navy is capable of conducting rocket and artillery shelling of coastal targets.

North Korea is building its own small and medium-sized submarines, mainly at the Nampo and Wonsan shipyards.

The command of the Navy has two fleets under its control, Eastern and Western, consisting of 16 combat groups. Due to the geographical position, there is no exchange of ships between the fleets.

western fleet, consisting of 6 squadrons of approximately 300 ships, operates in the waters of the Yellow Sea. The fleet headquarters is located in Nampo, the main base ports are Pip'a-got (Pip'a-got) and Sagot (Sagot), smaller bases are Cho-do (kor. 초도, English Ch "o-do) and Tasa-ni ( Tasa-ri) The fleet includes a landing craft brigade, two water area guard brigades, four missile boat battalions, four submarine battalions, and a separate water area guard battalion.

eastern fleet, consisting of 10 squadrons of approximately 470 ships, operates in the Sea of Japan. The fleet headquarters is located in Taeydong (T’oejo-dong), the main base ports are Najin and Wonsan, smaller bases are Chaho (kor. 차호), Chongjin (kor. 창전), Myang Do and Puam-ni (Puam-ni). The fleet includes two brigades of landing craft, two brigades of protection of the water area, a brigade of boats, a division of URO frigates, three divisions of missile boats, a separate division of torpedo boats, three divisions of submarines, a separate division of ultra-small submarines (sabotage and reconnaissance forces).

The submarine fleet is decentralized. Submarines are based in Ch'aho, Mayangdo and Pip'a-got.

The fleet includes

5 URO corvettes of which 2 are of the Najin type

Length 102m; width 10m; Displacement 1500t

Armament:

2 missiles P-21/22

2x100mm guns with manual reloading

2x57mm

2x30mm

2x25mm

Depth charges. (Rails aft)

Speed 24 knots

1 - Soho type

Built in 1983

Length 73.8m; width 15.5m; displacement 1845t

Armament:

4 missiles P-21/22 (export version of "Termite") Do not be surprised that this is a hello from the 50s, things will be even more interesting later on.

1 x 100mm gun. Not sure if it's automatic.

2x30mm AK-230

2x37mm

2x25mm

4 RBU-1200 bombers

As we can see, the ship has a helipad, but the hangar is missing or removed below deck.

Speed according to various data is from 23 to 27 knots.

Then there are 6 ships, for some reason called artillery corvettes. The purpose of these ships is not even guessed, because the speed is not enough even to catch up with a poacher or smuggler, and the weapons will not allow you to fight with anyone else. Unless to shell an undefended coast.

Sarivon-class artillery corvette 4 units.

Built in the 60s, small boats that look like aliens from the 20s and 30s.

Length 62m; Width 7.3m; Displacement about 500t

Armament:

1x85mm

1x57mm

4x37mm (according to other sources 4x14.5mm)

Speed: 18 knots (according to other sources 16)

"Tral" class artillery corvette 2 units

Length 62m, width 7.3m, displacement 500t

Armament:

1x85mm

2x57mm

4x37mm

Speed 18 knots.

18 small anti-submarine ships

Submarine type SINPO- a new submarine of the DPRK Navy, which first appeared on satellite images in the summer of 2014 in the port of Sinpo. The exact purpose of the submarine is not yet clear - there are various assumptions - including that this is an experimental SSBN (a boat with one launcher SLBM).

29 small submarines of the Sang-O project

more than 20 midget submarines

34 missile boats (10 Project 205 Osa)

4 classes "Huangfeng",

10 Soju

12 project 183 "Mosquito"; the boats are armed with anti-ship missiles P-15 Termit or Chinese CSS-N-1 SCRUBBRUSH),

150 torpedo boats (about half - domestically built),

fire support boats (including 62 CHAHO class),

56 large (6 Hainan, 12 Taejong, 13 Shanghai-2, 6 Jeonju, 19 SO-1) and more than 100 small patrol boats,

10 Hante small landing ships (capable of carrying 3-4 light tanks each),

up to 120 landing craft (including about 100 Nampos, created on the basis of the Soviet P-6 torpedo boat, with a speed of up to 40 knots and a range of up to 335 km and capable of carrying up to 30 fully equipped paratroopers),

up to 130 hovercraft, 24 Yukto-1/2 minesweepers,

8 floating bases for midget submarines,

submarine rescue ship,

4 hydrographic vessels,

minelayers.

The Navy has two sniper brigades on amphibious ships.

The coastal troops include two regiments (thirteen divisions of anti-ship missiles) and sixteen separate artillery divisions of coastal artillery. Coastal batteries are armed with surface-to-sea missiles S-2 Sopka, CSSC-2 SILKWORM (a Chinese copy of the Soviet P-15M), and CSSC-3 SEERSUCKER with a range of up to 95 km, as well as coastal artillery installations of the caliber 122/130/152 mm.

The DPRK fleet has rich experience in laying minefields. Its fleet has a significant number of surface vessels designed to lay mines against amphibious landings, protect strategic ports and provide ground forces with sea protection. As part of the coastal defense system, minefields are combined with artillery and missile coastal batteries.

In addition to warships, 10 cargo ships are under the direct control of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces.

And a little about other branches of the military

ARMY OF THE DPRK

As of 2006, the DPRK army numbered 1,115,000 people and was the fifth (according to other sources, the fourth) largest in the world after at least China, the United States and India, and all this with a population in 2006 of 23 million people. and economic stagnation. There are about 7.7 million people in the reserve, 6.6 million of which are members of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Guard. Conscription recruitment. The number of military branches is as follows: SV - approx. 1 million people (including 87 thousand special forces soldiers), the Navy - 60 thousand people, the Air Force - 110 thousand (including 7 thousand special forces soldiers). Paramilitary security forces, border guards and public law enforcement agencies number another 189 thousand people. North Korea spends 27% of ND on maintaining the army. It should be noted that in principle there are no civil construction organizations in the DPRK, and all construction in the country is carried out by military builders, who, accordingly, make up a significant part of the total army.
The leadership of the armed forces and military construction is carried out by the State Defense Committee of the DPRK, headed by Supreme Commander- North Korean Marshal Kim Jong Un. The Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the DPRK commands and directs all the Armed Forces and is in charge of the defense of the country as a whole.
Service life of conscripts ground forces- 5-12 years old. The main formations and formations of the ground forces are the army, corps, division and brigade. The army does not have a permanent composition, but is deployed at the base army corps. The service life of a conscript in the Air Force and Air Defense is 3-4 years.
Service life of a conscript navy- 5-10 years.
Since the mid-1990s, the DPRK has almost completely satisfied the needs of its army in artillery and small arms, individual types of weapons and military equipment.
The organizational structure of the armed forces is as follows.

Ground troops (SV) have 19 corps: 1 tank, 4 mechanized, 9 infantry, 1 artillery, Pyongyang Defense Command, Border Guard Command. These buildings include 27 infantry divisions, 15 armored brigades, 9 MLRS brigades, 14 infantry brigades, 21 artillery brigades. Among other things, 87 thousand special forces soldiers as part of the SV are distributed among 10 sniper brigades, 12 light infantry brigades, 17 special forces brigades, 1 airborne battalion, and 8 more battalions are allocated to a separate special forces command. There are 40 infantry divisions in reserve.
Naval Forces (Navy), whose headquarters is located in Pyongyang, are organizationally divided into two fleets. East Sea Fleet (headquarters at T'oejo-dong) and West Sea Fleet (headquarters at Namp'o). The first has 9 naval bases, the second - 10.

Air Force(Air Force) includes 4 commands (33 regiments), plus 3 separate battalions. Three commands are responsible for the northern, eastern and southern defensive sectors, the fourth - training - is responsible for the northeastern sector. The Air Force has 11 air bases, mainly in the area bordering South Korea, and several - in the border area with China.

Rocket troops KPA include a significant number of ballistic missiles of various ranges. There are at least three divisions of Nodon-1 missiles (three launchers each; flight range - up to 1.3 thousand kilometers), at least one missile regiment (28 launchers; flight range - 300 km), as well as those created on the basis of R-17 missiles "Hwasong-5" (up to 180 launchers; range - 330 km) and "Hwasong-6" (up to 100 launchers; range - 500 km), at least three divisions of KN-02 missiles, created on the basis of Russian missiles Tochka (four launchers each; range - 70 km), six divisions of old Luna-M missiles (four launchers each; range - 70 km). Intermediate-range missiles or even intercontinental missiles of the Taepodong series are being developed.

The main part of the forces is deployed along a well-fortified demilitarized zone. According to estimates, the Korean People's Army is armed with about 3,500 main tanks, 560 light tanks, 2,500 units. armored personnel carriers and lightly armored vehicles, 3,500 towed artillery barrels, 4,400 self-propelled guns, 2,500 MLRS, 7,500 mortars, 24 surface-to-surface missile launchers, an unknown number of anti-tank launchers, 1,700 recoilless rifles, the ground forces have approximately 11,000 anti-aircraft guns.
Tank Park KPA has 4-5 thousand main and at least 500 light tanks. The oldest are the Soviet T-55s (up to 1600 vehicles) and their Chinese copies of the Tour 59 (up to 1000 vehicles). Not much newer are the Soviet T-62s, of which there are between 800 and 1,000.
On their basis, the DPRK created the Chonma family of tanks (at least 1,000 units in total). The most modern North Korean tank is the Songun-915, better known in the West and in Russia under the name Pokpun-ho. It was also created on the basis of the T-62, but using more modern technologies. Soviet tanks T-72 and T-80. It carries a 125-mm cannon, a 14.5-mm KPVT machine gun (the KPA is generally very fond of this very powerful machine gun), twin PU ATGM "Balso-3" (a copy of the Soviet ATGM "Kornet") and MANPADS "Hwa Son Chon" (copy of "Igla-1"), no other tank in the world has such a set of weapons. To date, the release of 200-300 Songun-915 tanks.
Light tanks - at least 460 Soviet PT-76s, at least 100 own PT-85 "Shinhen" (amphibious tank with 85-mm gun).
There are from 100 to 200 Soviet BMP-1 and more than three thousand armored personnel carriers. The oldest - up to 1500 Soviet BTR-40 and BTR-152. Not much newer than the Soviet BTR-60 (up to 1000) and their own Type-73, created on the basis of the Chinese Tour 531 and better known as the VTT-323 (at least 500 vehicles). The most modern are 32 Russian armored personnel carriers-80A and up to 100 armored personnel carriers Type-69 created on their basis in the DPRK itself.
The KPA is armed with up to 4,400 self-propelled guns, up to 3,500 towed guns, up to 7,500 mortars and approximately 5,000 MLRS. Of particular note are the M-1973/83 Juche-po guns (170 mm). They have a firing range of 40-60 kilometers and can fire at Seoul from the territory of the DPRK itself.
coastal defense covers the entire coast of the DPRK. Includes a significant number of Chinese HY-1 and HY-2 SCRCs, Soviet Sopka SCRCs, SM-4-1, M-1992, M-46, ML-20 guns.
As part of the Air Force there are 80 bombers, 541 fighters and fighter-bombers, about 316 transport aircraft, 588 transport (multi-purpose) helicopters, 24 combat helicopters, 228 training aircraft, at least 1 UAV.
strike aircraft The KPA Air Force includes from 40 to 80 extremely obsolete Chinese H-5 bombers (a copy of the Soviet Il-28), from 18 to 30 almost the same old Soviet Su-7 attack aircraft, 34-36 relatively new Su-25 attack aircraft and up to 40 "intermediate » according to the age of Chinese Q-5 attack aircraft.
Fighters - 107 extremely obsolete Chinese J-5s (copy of the MiG-17), from 98 to 215 not much newer Chinese J-6s (copy of the MiG-19), 250 Soviet MiG-21bis (the newest modification of the old MiG-21) , up to 120 older MiG-21PFM and their Chinese J-7 copies, 40 upgraded Chinese J-7M, 30 combat trainer MiG-21UM, 56 MiG-23 (46 ML, 10 P), from 18 to 40 relatively modern MiGs -29 (including up to five combat training MiG-29UB).
Transport aviation in the classical sense, the DPRK does not. The Air Koryo airline, which is part of the Air Force, has three Il-76s, four Il-62s, seven An-24s, eleven Il-14s, two Il-18s, two Tu-134s, five Tu-154s, two Tu -204, they are designed to carry management and some critical cargo. Up to 300 "corn" An-2 and Y-5 (Chinese copy of the An-2) are used by the MTR for the transfer of special forces groups.
There are from 20 to 24 Mi-24D combat helicopters and about 300 transport and multi-purpose helicopters. Among the latter, 87 American MD-500s, which North Korea managed to acquire in the late 80s through several intermediaries, should be especially noted. They are actively used in the interests of the MTR.
All ground air defense included in the Air Force. It consists of two regiments (six divisions) of S-200 air defense systems (36 launchers), 41 divisions of S-75 air defense systems (246 launchers), 6 divisions of S-125 air defense systems (24 launchers), at least one division of KN-06 air defense systems ( at least eight launchers). The KN-06 is a local version of the Soviet S-300PT/PS air defense system or the Chinese HQ-9.
Up to 6 thousand MANPADS are in service (4.5 thousand Strela-2 and their Chinese copies HN-5, 1.5 thousand Igla-1) and up to 11 thousand ZSU and anti-aircraft guns.
Almost all the equipment of the KPA Air Force and Air Defense is extremely outdated, even the Su-25, MiG-29 and KN-06 can only be considered relatively new.

NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF THE DPRK

In February 2005, the DPRK for the first time openly announced the creation of nuclear weapons in the country. On October 9, 2006, the first nuclear explosion took place.
All key talks on the program nuclear weapons Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Ke Gwan is leading on behalf of the DPRK.
On April 4, 2009, a new North Korean missile with a communications satellite was launched. The rocket did not achieve its goal of putting the satellite into orbit, all stages, including the satellite, sank in the Pacific Ocean. This missile, according to experts, is intercontinental and is capable of reaching Alaska. Its launch greatly complicated the six-party talks on the DPRK nuclear program.
On May 25, 2009, North Korea conducted its second nuclear test. The power, according to the RF Ministry of Defense, was from 10 to 20 kilotons.
February 12, 2013 - the third test of a nuclear weapon. Power, according to some estimates, amounted to 6-7 kilotons.

NUCLEAR TESTS OF THE DPRK

The DPRK, having joined the IAEA in 1974 and signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1985, abandoned its production and agreed to IAEA inspections. In 1992, the DPRK and the IAEA signed an agreement on measures to control nuclear facilities (safeguards agreement).
In 1993-1994 and 2002-2003 crises arose related to the fulfillment of the obligations of the DPRK under the NPT and the IAEA safeguards agreement - the DPRK did not allow IAEA inspections, and Western countries accused Pyongyang of developing nuclear programs. As a result, North Korea withdrew from the IAEA (1994) and the NPT (2003) and resumed its nuclear program.
In connection with nuclear testing 2006, 2009 and 2013, and the launch of a launch vehicle in 2012, which many countries regarded as a test of a ballistic missile, the UN Security Council imposed a number of sanctions (resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, 2094). They include an embargo on the supply to the DPRK of weapons, materials and equipment that can be used for programs related to nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, provide for the control of diplomatic personnel of the DPRK abroad, as well as on cargo related to this country, introduce a ban on banking transactions and other restrictive measures.

NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR POTENTIAL

North Korea, which has never shown its nuclear capability, is highly likely to have multiple nuclear weapons. As early as 1965, the USSR delivered to North Korea a small IRT-2000 uranium research reactor with a capacity of 2 MW and trained a large number of Korean specialists to work in the nuclear industry.
After the DPRK (at the insistence of the USSR) joined the NPT in 1985, the Soviet Union delivered to the DPRK (in Nengben) another research graphite uranium reactor with a capacity of 5 MW and signed an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant, where in 1992 it was decided to install 3 powerful VVER reactors -640 on light water. In 1991, a contract was signed to supply the DPRK with ready-made fuel for installations, which contributed to the jump in the North Korean nuclear program.
Then, under the control of the IAEA and the protection of the NPT, it was safe and could not lead to work on weapons enrichment of uranium. However, after the reversal of foreign policy towards America took place with the help of the pro-American President of the Russian Federation Mikhail Gorbachev, and Pyongyang's hope to receive nuclear reactors from the USSR for free failed, the North Koreans began to openly use the peaceful atom to develop weapons.
In particular, the 5 MW graphite reactor in Nengben, delivered to the DPRK with the consent of Gorbachev, was capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium. Already in 1989, the Americans expressed their suspicion that the Koreans had reloaded it, reprocessed nuclear fuel, and possibly received about 12 kg of weapons-grade plutonium, which was enough to make 2 nuclear charges.
According to experts, at the end of 2002, the DPRK could already have 15-20 kg of plutonium (3-4 nuclear warheads). At the same time, the possibility is not ruled out that the DPRK is also developing enrichment methods for the production of weapons-grade uranium, from which, unlike plutonium, it is technologically easier to assemble a bomb. Experts suggest that the DPRK's capacity is enough to produce weapons-grade uranium for the production of at least 6 nuclear warheads annually.
So, with a high probability, the DPRK has nuclear weapons. The same can be said about delivery vehicles - since the 1960s, North Korea has been purchasing missiles and missile technology and actively cooperating in this area with the USSR, China, Egypt, Iran and Libya.
According to experts, North Korea may have enough radioactive materials to build about 6 atomic bombs.
According to estimates, the DPRK has up to 2,500-3,000 tons of chemical weapons deployed throughout the country.
The head of the Pentagon noted that the presence of such stocks of chemical weapons poses a threat to the 28,000 American troops stationed in South Korea. The US government has speculation that North Korea has such weapons, but there are no official documents to this effect. At the beginning of this year, the United States released the report "North Korea's Military Capabilities Development - 2012", which suggests that the DPRK has been conducting research on the development and production of nerve gases and other types of chemical weapons for a long time, possesses an arsenal of such weapons. .
The number of ready-made nuclear warheads at the disposal of North Korea in 2015 may reach nine, and in the next five years the country can manufacture about 100 nuclear charges based on weapons-grade uranium and plutonium. This was told to Yonhap news agency by the president of the Washington Institute for Scientific and international security David Albright.
“Approximately 40% of this arsenal will contain plutonium, and 60% will contain weapon-enriched uranium,” the expert said. Commenting on the opinion of other experts who questioned this thesis, Oblebright said that Pyongyang may have the necessary equipment for the production of such warheads, in particular, gas centrifuges, which the DPRK keeps secret from the world community. He recalled that the country has been developing nuclear weapons for more than 20 years and has conducted three tests of nuclear devices.

The Pentagon believes that the North Korean military lost contact with one of its submarines earlier this week and cannot find it. This statement was made on Friday by the American television company CNN.

According to her sources from among the officials, whose identities were not disclosed, "the US military followed the submarine, it stopped moving when it was off the east coast of the DPRK." The broadcaster also claims that "American satellites, aircraft and ships have been secretly monitoring the North Koreans for several days. naval forces trying to find the submarine.

The US does not know if the ship sank or is drifting under water, but believes that there were some problems on board during the exercise. According to CNN, the DPRK military could practice missile launches from a submarine.

On March 10, North Korea launched two short-range missiles in the direction of Sea of Japan. The launch of similar missiles was also made on March 3 ...

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The basis of the DPRK submarine fleet are type 033 diesel submarines.

Submarine 033 was produced under license from the USSR in the DPRK in the 60s. The Soviet submarine of the type "Romeo" 633 was taken as the basis.

The greatest length is 76.6 m.

The greatest width is 6.7 m.

Draft - 5.2 m.

Surface displacement - 1.475 tons.

Underwater displacement - 1.830 tons.

Full speed over water - 15 knots

Submerged full speed - 13 knots

Diesel - 2 x MTU 12V 493

Immersion depth - 300 m

Armament: 8 torpedo tubes

Crew - 54 people

As of 1999, the DPRK Navy had 22 Type 033 submarines, half of them operating along the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

In addition, the DPRK Armed Forces are armed with:
- mini-submarines Sang-O of the coastal type, designed with the technical assistance of Yugoslavia and intended for special operations, mine laying and actions against ships and vessels. The light hull and the submarine cabin guard are made of fiberglass. The construction of the series began in 1991. Recently, the construction of submarines has been carried out at a rate of 2 to 6 units. in year. In the series, in addition to the main, torpedo version of the submarine (with Soviet type 53-56 torpedoes), two ships were built for special operations, carrying 16 mines on an external sling. Submarines can also transport underwater carriers of light divers. The submarine's armament includes a 12.7 mm machine gun and a missile launcher (portable).

On September 17, 1996, one of these submarines ran aground and was captured off the coast of South Korea. There were 26 crew members and DPRK special forces on the boat. The DPRK soldiers, seeing the hopelessness of the defense of the boat, left it and tried to retreat to the DPRK, fighting with the South Korean troops. Most of them died, one was captured and another was able to break into the DPRK.

In June 1998, a similar submarine of the DPRK Navy became entangled in fishing nets near the South Korean city of Sokcho. The crew of the boat committed suicide.
- mini-sub Nahong. The boat is armed with mines suspended from the outside or 533-mm heavy torpedoes.

The main torpedo of the North Korean Navy is the Soviet type 53-56 torpedo (more precisely, its Chinese copy). This is a heavy oxygen-kerosene torpedo of caliber 533 mm, length 7.45 m, torpedo weight about 1900 kg, 400 kg of explosive is in the warhead. Piston type torpedo engine. Torpedo 53-56 is practically traceless, designed to destroy surface ships, has a speed of 40 knots and a range of 13 km. The torpedo is equipped with a maneuvering device and an NV-57 optical proximity fuse. Produced in the USSR since 1960.

Apparently, the accident, if it occurred, occurred on a Project 033 boat. And God forbid that everything goes without human casualties!