I suppose if there’s a funny part to this, it’s that 70% of North Korea’s fleet is only 50 vessels. And most are antiques even by third world standards.
Via Yahoo:
North Korea has mobilised dozens of submarines and doubled its artillery units along the border, South Korea said Sunday, accusing Pyongyang of undermining top-level talks aimed at averting a military confrontation.
A defense ministry spokesman said 70 percent of the North’s total submarine fleet — or around 50 vessels — had left their bases and disappeared from Seoul’s military radar.
The movement of such a large number of submarines was “unprecedented,” the spokesman said, adding that Seoul and Washington were beefing up their military surveillance in response.
“The number is nearly 10 times the normal level… we take the situation very seriously,” he said.
The North has also doubled the number of artillery units along the heavily-fortified land border with the South, he added.