8 kilometers is anemic and way they implemented it on Karrar is downright incompetence because they use surface to air missile in air to air role that is in tubular container.
Hence considerably more dead weight for both carrying and design of missile since it has folding fins, along reported...
Hi Sutton updated the article:
http://www.hisutton.com/North-Korea-Submarine-Hero-Kim-Gun-ok.html
I was right to criticize him on batteries and seems too also about torpedoes.
Who made that image/comparison?
Edit: If its to scale than this new submarine is around 100 meters long, hence extension was by around 23 meters, not simply 10.
http://www.hisutton.com/North-Korea-Submarine-Hero-Kim-Gun-ok.html
My reaction:
Its an okay analysis, but double standards since it author states it is not clear if there are torpedo tubes present or were they removed during reshaping only for author to assert that propulsion did not change and...
But you go again with nonsense. Your intelligence is questionable at best.
Variant with afterburner can be developed and be ready if whenever there is project it could be used for.
For example modernization of Kowsar by having new version of it.