S. Korea launches its first missile-capable submarine

The Straits Times: South Korea launched its first ever missile-capable attack submarine on Friday, despite a recent diplomatic thaw with the nuclear-armed North.The $700 million, 3,000-tonne Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine is capable of firing both cruise and ballistic missiles and the first of three planned diesel-electric boats to go into service in the next five years.It represented a “leap forward in the country’s” defence industry, President Moon Jae-in told a launch ceremony at the Daewoo shipyard where it was designed and built.”Peace through power is the unwavering security strategy of this government.”Moon will head to Pyongyang next week for a third summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un.