South Korea Test-Fires First Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

On 15th September 2021, South Korea successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), has become only the 7th country in the world with advanced technology.

North Korea fired a pair of projectiles in the East Sea, South joined the alleged nuclear race by testing its first submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). According to BBC, the test of SLBM was pre-planned and not in reaction to its twin state, nuclear discussions with which have largely remained stalled. Notably, South Korea, a non-nuclear state, became the first country of its kind to develop and test such a system. Other countries including United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, North Korea, and India have tested or developed SLBMs.

South Korea has become the 1st country in the world to develop SLBM without nuclear weapons.