Hankyureh lied rather badly in the most recent fiasco of theirs, reporting on the conclusions of a Russian report when they didn’t have a copy of it, or a reliable source who had seen it. In short, it was a textbook case of why I call that particular paper a Hanguleh, or One Dirty Rag.

There has been problems with the White Shark torpedoes before and they weren’t covered up, and besides, that area is really not the regular patrol route of conventional South Korean submarines.

Special Op mini subs though? Yes. However, to the best of my knowledge, the torpedo tube-fitted Dolphin-class mini-subs were retired in the late 90s.

A suicidal attack against port cities by having a submarine mounting a nuclear device has been suggested. While probably not as devastating as an actual strike, it could still severely damage the port facilities. It would be disastrous if that happened to Busan or Inchon.

JASDF acquired ~30 AIM-120 missiles and fitted them onto several aircrafts from the Nyutabaru base for testing and evaluation purposes, and perhaps also to study counter-tactics.

I’m not aware of any website (be it Korean or English) that has collected such information. Sorry to be of no help.

It was not North Vs the South. It was North vs the Yanks and thier allies which included the South. Also I can assure you that there are many South Koreans who do not want to fight the North.

Most people would not want to attack North Korea, but that’s completely different from not wanting to fight at all. We have no qualms about defending ourselves against a North Korean aggression. Total pacifists, like in most other countries, are few and far in between. South has much to lose from a war–which is why we will violently lash out against anyone who tries to take it away. North Korea is no different.

In the west and other parts of the world yes, possibly because the name of the ship was bit difficult. I’m just saying that Okpo was never a Korean designation as far as I know. All the press releases I’ve looked at from 1996 mentions the ship by name, not by the yard name. I know the name Okpo have flooded back into Korean media and military communities from English-speaking sources however.

With the massive deck and the high speed, I would love to see this used against North Korea FAC fleet in the west coastline of the Korean peninsula.

If ROK was to get their hands on something I similar, I would like it to have
-1 x 76mm
-2 x 40mm
-1 x RAM
-16~24 VLS primarily for proposed Naval M-SAM (M-SAM currently development under Iron Hawk II program, rumored to be miniaturized S-400 in terms of system, but we’ll just have to wait 3~4 more years)
-Fitted-for-but-what-with:rolleyes: 8 x SSM-700K or Harpoon Block II

We could really use a ship that would be able to keep up with our 40+knot FACs and still be able to comfortably kill theirs while providing at least some air cover against old Styx and Silkworms, possibly newer Chinese C-80X missiles.