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New N.Korean Anti-Ship Missiles Threaten Older Patrol Boats

: Jun 18, 2014 - : 2:58 am

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North Korea has a new anti-ship missile with a range of 130 km that poses a big threat to South Korea’s elderly patrol corvettes.

A recent propaganda film shown on North Korean state TV shows the missile is similar to the U.S.’ Harpoon missile, a military source said Sunday, June 8, 2014. “It’s probably either the Russian-developed Kh-35 Uran or a copy.”

The missile was shown among the country’s closely guarded submarines, which were also featured for the first time.

The Kh-35 was developed in Russia in the mid-90s and has been exported to Burma, India and Vietnam. It is hard to intercept as it flies 4 to 15 m above the waters.

South Korea’s Aegis and other newer destroyers are equipped with rapid-fire machine guns and electronic warfare systems that can intercept or disturb such a missile. But older patrol corvettes or escort ships, whose duties lie mainly near the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border, have no such weapons so the missiles could pose a significant threat to them.

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