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The images that North Korea released of the October 19 test launch show the submarine surfacing with its newly applied pennant number, “824,” and its launch tube hatch cover open.

“ 5 This is a reference to the previously unnamed SINPO class experimental ballistic missile submarine (SSBA), which was launched in 2014 and has been responsible for the under-way development of SLBMs and ballistic missile submarine (SSB) technology and operational procedures. While it is unusual to conduct the first test launch of a new SLBM from a submarine, North Korea claims that the launch was conducted from the “same ‘8.24 Yongung’ ship from which the first submarine-launched strategic ballistic missile was successfully launched five years ago to demonstrate the military muscle of the DPRK. Image of the Pukguksong 5 (l), Pukguksong 1 (c), and new SLBM on display at the recent Self-Defense 2021 exposition (KCTV).

2 Interestingly, Japan currently states that two SLBMs were tested, but has provided no details of the second test launch. North Korea “test-fired a new type submarine-launched ballistic missile” (SLBM) on October 19, 2021, at 10:17 AM (local time) “from waters in the Sinpo area of South Hamgyong Province.” 1 While initial reports suggested that the missile flew 590 kilometers, subsequent reports indicate that the missile “flew 430-450 km at an apogee of 60 km” before impacting in the Sea of Japan.

The test launch of the new SLBM is one of a series of recent provocative missile tests that demonstrate advancements in the survivability of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.North Korea retains the capability and resources to conduct additional SLBM tests or launch its first true SSB at any time of its choosing.No significant activity is observed at the Sinpo South Shipyard indicating a recent SLBM test.This test launch should be viewed as both a response to South Korea’s recent successes with the development and launching of a new class of ballistic missile submarine and testing of an SLBM, and as a practical component of the North’s SLBM development program.North Korea test-fired a “new type” of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on October 19, 2021, from waters in the Sinpo area.