Korean People's Navy
Maritime warfare branch of North Korea's military
Korean People's Navy
The Korean People's Army Navy (KPAN; Korean: 조선인민군 해군; MR: chosŏninmin'gun haegun) is the naval component of the Korean People's Army, the North Korean armed forces. There are some 780 vessels including 70 midget submarines (including the Yono-class submarine and Sang-O-class submarine), 20 Romeo-class submarines, and about 140 air cushioned landing craft. The North Korean navy is considered a brown-water (or riverine) navy with limited green water capabilities and operates mainly within the 50 kilometer exclusion zone. The fleet consists of east and west coast squadrons, which cannot support each other in the event of war with an adversary such as South Korea. The limited range of its vessels means that, even in peacetime, it is quite challenging for a ship on one coast to visit the other coast. So far North Korea operates only four confirmed green water vessels with plans of building at least two more. In theory, the Nampo-class corvettes may also be capable of green water operations...
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