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Article Index, Volume 1, Number 1 through Volume 2, Number 12

Volume 1, Number 1
Welcome to KPA Journal ...............................................................................................................................................................1
Salvage of a DPRK "Mother Ship" ................................................................................................................................................1
KPA Engineer River Crossing Units During the Fatherland Liberation War, Part 1 ............................................................3
Endnotes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................4

Volume 1, Number 2
KPA Engineer River Crossing Units During the Fatherland Liberation War, Part 2 ............................................................1
KN-02 SRBM in KPA Service .......................................................................................................................................................7
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................12
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................14

Volume 1, Number 3
KPA Engineer River Crossing Units During the Fatherland Liberation War, Part 3 ............................................................1
The Scud B SRBM in KPA Service ...............................................................................................................................................5
KPAF Fortied SAM Base ...........................................................................................................................................................10
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................11
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................12
Addendum: Han-gang Bridges ...................................................................................................................................................13
Addendum: KN-02 TEL ..............................................................................................................................................................15

Volume 1, Number 4
Inltration Operation o Noto-hanto, Japan, 19-25 March 1999 ............................................................................................1
Pokpoong: The KPAs New Main Battle Tank .............................................................................................................................6
DPRK Intelligence Agencies, 1967-1971, Part 1 ......................................................................................................................11
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................13
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................14

Volume 1, Number 5
DPRK Intelligence Services 1967-1971, Part 2 ...........................................................................................................................1
Han-gang Bridges June-September 1950 ....................................................................................................................................5
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................11
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................11

Volume 1, Number 6
DPRK Intelligence Services 1967-1971, Part 3 ...........................................................................................................................1
Addendum: Pokpoong Main Battle Tank ...................................................................................................................................8
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................9
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................10

Volume 1, Number 7
KPA Mechanized Infantry Battalion ............................................................................................................................................1
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BTR-60 in KPA Service ..................................................................................................................................................................4

Addendum: Han-gang Bridges, 1950 ...........................................................................................................................................5
Addendum: Pokpoong Main Battle Tank ...................................................................................................................................5
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................6
Endnotes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................6

Volume 1, Number 8
KPA Engineer River Crossing Forces...........................................................................................................................................1
A Look at a DPRK Inltration Vessel (Mother Ship) .............................................................................................................4
Correction: BTR-60 in KPA Service ............................................................................................................................................9
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................9
Endnotes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................9

Volume 1, Number 9
Mi-2 HOPLITE in KPAF Service .....................................................................................................................................................1
KPA Lessons Learned from Foreign Conicts 1960-Present, Part I ........................................................................................2
Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok..........................................................................................................................................................6
Vice Marshal Yi Tu-ik ....................................................................................................................................................................7
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................8
Endnotes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................9

Volume 1, Number 10
KPA Lessons Learned from Foreign Conicts 1960-Present, Part II ......................................................................................1
Ri Chun Hui ....................................................................................................................................................................................4
Kim Jong-iI Issues Order on Promoting Military Ranks ..........................................................................................................5
Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok Dies .................................................................................................................................................6
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................7
Endnotes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................7

Volume 1, Number 11
Ynpyng-do Attack, November 2010, Part I ............................................................................................................................5
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................10
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................11

Volume 1, Number 12
The Ynpyng-do Attack, November 23, 2010, Part II .............................................................................................................1
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................7
Appendix A. Gazetteer ...................................................................................................................................................................8
Endnotes ..........................................................................................................................................................................................9

Volume 2, Number 1
Wartime Underwater Bridges ....................................................................................................................................................1
Military Involvement With Burundi ............................................................................................................................................7
Kim Ok.............................................................................................................................................................................................8
Type-63 107 mm MRL .................................................................................................................................................................11
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................12
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................12

Volume 2, Number 2
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New Hovercraft Base at Saslpo ...................................................................................................................................................1

Kim Chong-un Biography..........................................................................................................................................................10
Correction: B-26 Invader ............................................................................................................................................................14
Addendum: Ynpyng-do Attack ..............................................................................................................................................14
Addendum: Type-63 107 mm MRL ...........................................................................................................................................14
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................14
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................14

Volume 2, Number 3
KPN Deploys New Version of SANG-O Class Coastal Submarine ............................................................................................1
The Korean Peoples Air Force in 1953 ........................................................................................................................................4
The Hydrometeorological Service ................................................................................................................................................5
Han-gang Bridges ...........................................................................................................................................................................7
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................10
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................10

Volume 2, Number 4
MiG-29 in KPAF Service ...............................................................................................................................................................1
Organizations Changes Following the SPA 4th Session ...........................................................................................................12
Addendum: Lessons Learned Operation DESERT STORM, 1991 ..............................................................................................14
Addendum: Lessons Learned Operation ALLIED FORCE, 1999 ...............................................................................................14
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................14
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................15

Volume 2, Number 5
DPRK Ballistic Missile Infrastructure: The Tae-sung Machine Factory .................................................................................1
Addendum: Hydrometeorological Service..................................................................................................................................9
Addendum: KPAF in 1953 ............................................................................................................................................................9
Correction: MiG-29 in KPAF Service ..........................................................................................................................................9
Publications of Interest ..................................................................................................................................................................9
Addendum: Ri Chun Hui ............................................................................................................................................................10
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................10
Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................................................11

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M-1978 and M-1989 170 mm Self-Propelled Guns, Part I .......................................................................................................1

12th Supreme Peoples Assembly ...................................................................................................................................................7
Addendum: Type-63 107 mm MRL .............................................................................................................................................9
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................10

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M-1978 and M-1989 170 mm Self-Propelled Guns, Part II .....................................................................................................1

Yu Kyong-su, The Father of KPA Armor Forces .........................................................................................................................8
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................11
End Notes ......................................................................................................................................................................................11

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KPA 17th Tank Brigade (Tank Division, Mechanized Brigade, Mechanized Division), 1950-1952, Part I.........................1
Addendum: KPA River Crossing Units .......................................................................................................................................6
KPN 14.5mm 6-Barrel CIWS........................................................................................................................................................7
BTR-80A in KPA Service ...............................................................................................................................................................7
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................8
End Notes ........................................................................................................................................................................................8

Volume 2, Number 9
KPA Land-based Mr-104 DRUM TILT radar .................................................................................................................................1
KPA 17th Tank Brigade (Tank Division, Mechanized Brigade, Mechanized Division), 1950-1952, Part II .......................2
KPA Wartime Propaganda Leaet................................................................................................................................................6
Unusual Visitor to Wnsan Airbase .............................................................................................................................................8
Addendum: Ri Chun-hui...............................................................................................................................................................8
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................8
End Notes ........................................................................................................................................................................................9

Volume 2, Number 10
KPA Tank Training Aids ................................................................................................................................................................1
KPA 17th Tank Brigade (Tank Division, Mechanized Brigade, Mechanized Division), 1950-1952, Part III......................2
Addendum: Han-gang Bridges .....................................................................................................................................................6
Addendum: Ri Chun-hui...............................................................................................................................................................8
Addendum: Type-63 MRL and M-1989 SPG .............................................................................................................................8
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................8
End Notes ........................................................................................................................................................................................9

Volume 2, Number 11
KPA Antennas (I) ...........................................................................................................................................................................1
Jong Kyong Hui (Chng Kyng-hi) ...........................................................................................................................................3
A North Korean Nuclear Defectors Own Words .......................................................................................................................4
KPA 17th Tank Brigade (Tank Division, Mechanized Brigade, Mechanized Division), 1950-1952, Part IV .....................9
Editors Notes ................................................................................................................................................................................10
End Notes ......................................................................................................................................................................................11

Volume 2, Number 12
KPN 20mm CIWS ..........................................................................................................................................................................1
KPA Lesson Learned from Foreign Conicts (III) ....................................................................................................................2
Spaced Armor Screening Screening for KPA Tanks ..................................................................................................................3
KPA Antennas (II) ..........................................................................................................................................................................5
KPN Training Aids .........................................................................................................................................................................6
Organization of the KPA Tank Battalion .....................................................................................................................................7
Editors Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................................8
End Notes ........................................................................................................................................................................................9

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