NOK subs

Here is a recent article. Sinpo-class submarine are North Korea's newest submarine class. Prior to 2015, there were only satellite images of these submarines. On May 9, 2015, the first Sinpo-class launched the first KN-11 ballistic missile under the supervision of Kim Jong Un himself. The test was successful. Since then, there have been five test firings of the KN-11, which can be nuclear armed. It is reported that North Korea is building five more Sinpo-class submarines. These ships are difficult to detect and can fire nuke missiles while submerged. Once they are located off the US coast there is no way to stop NOK without severe damage to the US mainland. While that is sufficient to get most people’s attention it is not the main threat which is the selling of nukes to terrorist groups. This way nuke attacks could take place and there would be no country to blame and thus no fear of retaliation. The old deterrent of MAD is no longer useful. When groups of terrorist acquire these weapons there will be no reason not to use them since they see death fighting certain people as the road to salvation.