Kim Jong-un hurt North Korea's new warships due to “absolute carelessness” in the launch accident.

Seoul, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was damaged in his country's second naval destroyer on Wednesday, state media reported Thursday, and he vented his anger on Wednesday in his own military and other officials. King hopes that larger warships can handle what he calls an escalating threat to his country, a long-term reduced standoff against his nuclear weapons.
This is not common North Korea To acknowledge military-related setbacks or accidents, observers say the disclosure of the failed ship launch shows that Kim is serious about his naval promotion plan and is confident that he will eventually achieve this.
The newly built 5,000-ton destroyer became unbalanced at an event at the northeast port of Gyeongjin on Wednesday and was first slipped and stuck at the bottom of its bottom. KCNA does not provide details on the cause of the problem, the severity of the damage or whether someone was injured.
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According to KCNA, Kim, who attended the ceremony, accused military officials, scientists and shipyard operators of “serious accidents and criminal acts caused by absolutely careless, irresponsible and unscientific empiricism.” King called for a ruling Workers' Party meeting, which is scheduled to resolve their “irresponsible mistakes” in late June.
“It's a shameful thing. However, the reason for the incident was that it wanted to show that it was speeding up the modernization of naval forces and expressed confidence that it could eventually build a “larger navy.”
Moon suspected that the incident might have happened because North Korean workers were not familiar with such a large warship and were eager to put it in the water.
The damaged ships could be the same as the first destroyers announced by the country last month, with experts evaluating it as North Korea’s largest and most advanced warship to date. Kim called the first ship Choe Hyon (a famous Korean guerrilla fighter during the Japanese colonial period), an important asset that he promoted his expansion of the combat range and nuclear strike capabilities of his army.
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State media said the ship was designed to carry weapons systems including nuclear ballistics and cruise missiles. King said the ship is expected to be in active service early next year and later supervised the warship's missiles.
Lee Sung Joon, spokesman for the joint chief of staff of South Korea, said Thursday that the damaged ship may have a similar system and is still collapsed at sea. Satellite images of Planet Labs PBC appear to show the container rolling to its side, placed diagonally from the dock, with most of its hull flooded and covered with a blue cover.
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Earlier commercial satellite images show that the country is building its second destroyer at the shipyard in Changjin.
On May 12, satellite images from the Hamburg Shipyard in Qingjin showed that the second ship in the Choe Hyon-class missile destroyer was under construction, a website think tank opened by the Center for Strategic and International Studies said.
A report from the North Korea-centric 38 North website last week evaluated Chongjin’s destroyer’s preparations for rolling out from the Quay side, an approach that North Korea rarely uses. By contrast, previous destroyers were launched at the western shipyard in Nampo, using floating dry docks, the report said.
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South Korean officials and experts say the Choe Hyon destroyer may have been built with Russia's assistance The country's military partnership is thriving. North Korea has Provided equipment and even soldiers to Vladimir Putin of Russia To help him continue Invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
Analysts say that while North Korea's navy is far inferior to its competitors, destroyers with nuclear-capable missiles and advanced radar systems will still enhance the offensive and defensive capabilities of the North.
Kim has already put the accumulation of weapons in response to threats from the United States and South Korea, and they have been expanding joint military exercises to deal with the North’s advance nuclear program. In April, the U.S. Army Flying a long-range B-1B bomber On the Korean Peninsula in joint exercises with the South after Kim Jong Il's powerful sister vowed to resist pushback with US leadership to eliminate Pyongyang's push Nuclear Program
He said the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines is the next important step in strengthening the North Korean Navy.
According to the South Korean military, several hours after the release of the report on the damaged destroyer, North Korea tested multiple cruise missiles from an area about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Changjin. In recent years, North Korea has carried out a continuation of a series of weapons testing activities. South Korea's Joint Chief of Staff said South Korea and the U.S. intelligence agencies are analyzing the press conference.