Talk:Korean People's Navy

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BetacommandBot 04:18, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

== Never really work on Wiki, but I did notice something. The (this) actual NK Navy page describes the Navy as Brown-Water, while most linking pages, if mentioned, say its a green water navy. --174.103.227.151 (talk) 07:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:12, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Korean People& → Korean People's Army Naval Force – Appears to be the actual name of the navy, so should be the name of the article. The Bushranger One ping only 03:25, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose - The naval branch of North Korea's military is officially called the Korean People's Navy (KPN). Here are the first two solid sources I came across:
 * 1. Korean War Order of Battle: states that the KPN was formed in 1949 made up from elements of the North Korean Coast Guard. (Page 170)
 * 2. US-Korea North: Political and Economic Cooperation Handbook: describes the KPN's composition, strength, and capabilities. (Pages 199 - 207) GoneIn60 (talk) 04:50, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Golf II Class
There have been additional submarine sales from Russia that include 10-Golf II Class Subs. Any other information on this topic is welcome..

Contradiction re:personnel numbers
The info box states that the DPRK's navy has only 60,000 servicemen, while the 'Organization' paragraph lists well over double that number, at 146,000 sailors. Which is it? Trilobright (talk) 17:40, 26 March 2020 (UTC)