By Griffin Davis , Tech Times

North Korea's new nuclear-powered underwater drone was allegedly tested by the NorKor government. 

(Photo : Photo credit should read STR/AFP via Getty Images) This picture taken and released on July 4, 2017 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location. North Korea declared on July 4 it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.

Numerous images of the new defense tech are even spreading; showing NoKor Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un besides the nuclear drone. 

Other photos show the actual output of the test, revealing a massive explosion in the middle of the sea off East Korea Bay. 

KCNA (Korean Central News Agency) said that the new drone is called the Unmanned Underwater Nuclear Attack Craft "Haeil."

North Korea's Nuclear-Capable Underwater Drone

According to CNN World's latest report, Haeil was tested from Mar. 21 to Mar. 23. 

The North Korean government used underwater drones to cruise across the waters off the country's east coast for over 59 hours. 

(Photo : Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images) People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 11, 2022, after North Korea fired a "suspected ballistic missile" into the sea, South Korea's military said, less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing a hypersonic missile.

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After that, the nuclear warhead it carried was detonated on Thursday, March 23. Some rumors claimed that the warheads Haeil carries can even create a radioactive tsunami. 

"The mission of the underwater nuclear strategic weapon is to stealthily infiltrate into operational waters and make a super-scale radioactive tsunami through underwater explosion," said KCNA. 

The North Korea-backed news agency added that this can destroy major operational ports, as well as naval striker groups of enemies.  

Is the Haeil Drone real? 

NBC News reported that the new nuclear-power underwater drone's test was conducted to alert the United States and its allies. 

This means that Haeil shows that NoKor's nuclear defense is further growing. However, instead of panicking, numerous critics doubt the capabilities of Haeil. 

Analysts said that the claimed underwater drone test lacks strong proof and they added that North Korea tends to exaggerate the capabilities and deployments of its nuclear technologies. 

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