15 JANUARY 2021

by Gabriel Dominguez

2021年1月15日

加布里埃尔·多明格斯（Gabriel Dominguez）

 

Less than a week after announcing plans to modernise its military and bolster its nuclear arsenal, North Korea unveiled new missile systems, including the latest version of its Pukguksong (also spelled Pukkuksong) series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), at a military parade held in the evening on 14 January.

在宣布计划对其军队进行现代化改造并加强其核武库的不到一周后，朝鲜在军事上推出了新的导弹系统，包括其最新版本的“北极星”（也称为Pukkuksong）系列潜射弹道导弹（SLBM）。 阅兵式于1月14日晚上举行。

 

The parade, which was held at Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square to mark the end of the Eighth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), took place only a day after media reports emerged about South Korea’s plans to begin conducting underwater test launches of its own SLBM later this year.

阅兵式在平壤金日成广场举行，以纪念执政的朝鲜劳动党（WPK）第八次代表大会结束，就在媒体报道韩国计划在今年晚些时候开始进行自己的潜射弹道导弹（SLBM）水下试射的一天后举行。

 

North Korea displayed at least four mock-ups of the new Pukguksong-5 SLBM at a military parade held in the evening on 14 January to mark the end of the Eighth Congress of the ruling WPK.  (KCNA)

1月14日晚，朝鲜举行阅兵式，纪念执政的朝鲜民主主义人民共和国第八次代表大会结束，朝鲜展示了至少四枚新的“北极星”-5型潜射弹道导弹实体模型。（朝中社）

 

North Korea paraded at least four mock-ups of the new Pukguksong-5 SLBM on the flatbed of trucks, according to images provided by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), which did not provide any details about the weapon’s dimensions or performance.

朝鲜官方的朝鲜中央通讯社（KCNA）提供的图片显示，朝鲜在卡车平板上展示了至少四枚新的“北极星”-5型潜射弹道导弹实体模型，但没有提供有关武器尺寸和性能的任何细节。

 

Based on the images, the Pukguksong-5’s ogival nose cone is more elongated than that of the Pukguksong-4, making it look ‘pointier’, but, other than that, the two missiles appear to be very similar in design, including in terms of length and diameter.

从图片上看，北极星-5型的尖状鼻锥比北极星-型4的鼻锥拉长，使其看起来“更尖”，但除此之外，这两枚导弹在设计上似乎非常相似，包括长度和直径。