North Korea is reportedly building a new diesel-electric submarine capable of launching submarine-launched ballistic missiles(SLBM).
 
Quoting a U.S. government source familiar with the North's weapons programs, U.S. media "The Diplomat" reported on Wednesday that U.S. military intelligence recently detected the submarine under construction at the North's Sinpo shipyard on the country's east coast.
 
The report said that U.S. intelligence estimates the submarine’s submerged displacement to be in excess of two-thousand tons with a beam measurement of eleven meters. 
 
It added that the vessel is likely the largest ever to be built for the North's Navy since the Najin-class frigates.
 
The report also said that the submarine, dubbed the Sinpo-C by the U.S. intelligence community, is assumed to be a successor to North Korea’s Gorae-class ballistic missile submarine, which is the only North Korea submarine capable of launching SLBMs.

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