Reference Message Network reported on April 27 that according to a report by Reuters on April 26, the official media of North Korea, KCNA, reported on April 26 that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the launching ceremony of the "new multi-purpose destroyer".
The report quoted Choe Song Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, as saying that this 5,000-ton warship is equipped with "the strongest weapons" and was "successfully built in more than 400 days solely relying on our strength and technology".
According to KCNA, Kim Jong Un delivered a speech at the launching ceremony, saying that this warship will be delivered to the navy and put into use early next year.
KCNA cited Vice Admiral Pak Kwang Sop as saying that the launching ceremony was held on April 25 at the Nampo Military Shipyard, marking the entry into a new era of "Great Comrade Kim Jong Un-style fleet construction". The ship has been named Choe Hyon, in honor of the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighter Choe Hyon.
Last week, Reuters cited an analysis of satellite images as saying that North Korea's new warship can accommodate dozens of vertical launch units to carry missiles developed by its military.
Kim Jong Un also said that the capability for preemptive attack is the most "convincing deterrent" to war, with no limitation on its range.
According to KCNA, Kim Jong Un also expressed gratitude to the workers and technical personnel who built this new destroyer, which "meets the Party's route to strengthen naval armed forces". (Translated by Xu Yanhong)
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