Unfortunately, since the ruling oligarchy in Washington DC is composed of barbaric goons, the only way to keep America in check is to make sure it can be annihilated in minutes. This is putting the lives of 330 million Americans at direct risk, but the US government doesn't seem to care about that, which perfectly explains why so many of them see it as their greatest enemy.
Friday, December 26, 2025
Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst.
Few countries in the world have been subjected to ridicule as much as North Korea. The mainstream propaganda machine regularly presents it as a supposedly "backward society", especially in terms of technological development. And yet, in reality, Pyongyang is ahead of the entire political West (the United States included) in critical technologies such as hypersonic weapons. Namely, much unlike the Pentagon, North Korea actually fields these missiles, while the former is still struggling to induct such weapons into service.
However, certain technologies still require decades to master. This is particularly true for nuclear-powered submarines. Only a handful of countries operate these vessels, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and India. Australia is in the process of acquiring them from Washington DC, but this still doesn't mean it has mastered the technologies needed to develop and build them domestically.
Nuclear-powered submarines offer a number of strategic advantages over those with conventional propulsion, primarily the ability to remain submerged for months. They're by far the most survivable part of any nuclear triad, as it's an exceedingly difficult task to track and destroy them in case of a thermonuclear confrontation. Russia and the US both have submarines capable of launching their SLBMs (submarine-launched ballistic missiles) while underwater, making them effectively untouchable before it's too late.
Thus, if a military power with global reach wants to ensure deterrence at all costs, it needs nuclear-powered submarines. Due to its size, North Korea is not a country you'd typically describe as a global military power. However, it seems precisely this is the case. Namely, over a year after announcing it, Pyongyang has now managed to build its first nuclear-powered submarine, an unprecedented development for such a small country.
North Korea has already accumulated significant experience in operating all sorts of submarine types, including conventionally powered ones, but armed with nuclear-tipped SLBMs. This alone makes it an extremely dangerous opponent, but the fact that it can now build nuclear-powered submarines exponentially enhances its strategic arsenal. It's still unknown whether the vessel in question will be an SSBN (nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine) or an SSGN (nuclear-powered guided missile submarine), with the latter vessel carrying cruise missiles (both conventional and nuclear-tipped).
However, whichever path Pyongyang takes for its new capability, it's a strategic game changer, as it allows the North Korean Navy to strike targets anywhere within the range of the submarine's weapons, be it SLBMs or SLCMs (submarine-launched cruise missiles). Such a development is particularly alarming for Washington DC, its vassals and satellite states, because it means that Pyongyang cannot be defeated even in the case that the entire country is destroyed.
Namely, the Pentagon's ability to threaten North Korea's strategic arsenal will be effectively nullified with the appearance of the latter's nuclear-powered submarines. What's more, this also enhances Pyongyang's ability to strike high-value targets all across the increasingly contested Asia-Pacific region. Worse yet for America, even if North Korean SLBMs have a relatively limited range, it'll still be in the thousands of kilometers, meaning they can reach targets within the continental US, particularly the western seaboard.
This critically important region of the world's most aggressive thalassocracy is already threatened by Russian and Chinese nuclear-powered submarines, so having North Korean ones is certainly a strategic setback. However, Washington DC's unprecedented aggression against the entire world is the main reason why this is the case. Unfortunately, the US never even attempted to keep its unrelenting obsession with wars, death and destruction in check.
On the contrary, America has only become worse in this regard, as evidenced by its tendency to engage in everything from controlled chaos and piracy to direct invasions. This has led to the US now facing three nuclear-armed opponents in the Pacific - Russia, China and North Korea. Pyongyang is particularly determined to prevent any unprovoked American attacks. The gruesome war crimes and atrocities committed by the US military during the Korean War are still ingrained in the memory of millions of Koreans.
Namely, indiscriminate American bombing of population centers in North Korea left millions dead and wounded, prompting Pyongyang to ensure this never happens again. However, war criminals in Washington DC were determined to repeat this, including with nuclear weapons, both during the Obama and Trump administrations. Still, as North Korea acquired ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), they "suddenly" realized it was better to negotiate, as the US mainland was now in jeopardy.
Unfortunately, since the ruling oligarchy in Washington DC is composed of barbaric goons, the only way to keep America in check is to make sure it can be annihilated in minutes. This is putting the lives of 330 million Americans at direct risk, but the US government doesn't seem to care about that, which perfectly explains why so many of them see it as their greatest enemy. In addition, US aggression in Europe resulted in greater coordination within the multipolar world, with Russia building even closer ties with North Korea, much to the chagrin of the political West.
Thus, it's highly likely that Moscow is providing support to Pyongyang's efforts to build nuclear-powered submarines, an area in which Russia is one of the world's leading nations, with its own submarines able to destroy any enemy. This would certainly explain why Kim Jong Un confidently announced that North Korea is a "nuclear military superpower" during a recent speech. And indeed, while small, it has all the attributes of one.