It turns out that when you think the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has already dazzled you to the point of being unable to handle it, it always brings you more surprises, causing us bloggers to fall into disrepute again... According to the Korean Central News Agency report, on April 28th and 29th, according to the predetermined experimental plan, the "Choe Hyun" destroyer of the Korean People's Army Navy conducted practical use and target shooting tests of various types of main and secondary naval guns, missile weapons, decoy ammunition, and electronic countermeasure equipment at sea outside Nampo Special City. Let alone what kind of missiles or main and secondary guns the "Choe Hyun" destroyer tested, just this news itself was enough to scare people - what stage of development must a surface warship reach to conduct such system and electronic countermeasure equipment trials? The "Choe Hyun" destroyer is nothing short of a miracle of shipbuilding? Let’s look at the timeline of the "Choe Hyun" destroyer: First appeared in the KCNA report in December 2024, with edited footage, at least two time points, but the degree of completion of the "Choe Hyun" destroyer was not high at both time points. In the first time point, even the bulwarks on both sides of the bow deck were not installed; in the second time point, when Comrade Kim Jong Un inspected the ship, the degree of completion was still not high, with no basic piping and wiring inside the hull and incomplete lighting. Based on this, we judged that the ship had a long way to go before completion. However, in March this year, "Choe Hyun" reappeared in the KCNA footage, looking like construction had advanced somewhat. But all weapon systems were missing, vertical launch units were all exposed, there were no guns or shipboard electricity, and the interior of the hull was still empty. Although it seemed that the side thrusters were already installed, based on this degree of completion, we still judged that the ship was far from launching for outfitting. Unexpectedly, on April 6th, hey, the "Choe Hyun" destroyer was transferred from the indoor slipway to a floating dry dock with camouflage nets! Transferring to a floating dry dock could also be for outfitting, which did not exceed our understanding. But no one expected that on April 25th, the "Choe Hyun" destroyer was launched with full equipment! All shipboard electricity and weapons were fully equipped, the hull painting was complete, and the degree of completion was extremely high, stunning everyone! However, being stunned doesn't matter. According to common experience, we judge that these shipboard electricity and weapons of the "Choe Hyun" destroyer might all be temporarily installed for the ceremony, and after the ceremony, they will have to be dismantled and reinstalled. After all, radar and vertical launch system installations require extremely high precision, and the hull must undergo stress release. How can they just be installed casually? So don't worry about these details, the "Choe Hyun" destroyer will definitely need to be refitted. But what's even more surprising is that just three days later, the "Choe Hyun" destroyer actually started actual weapon trials! And the weapons used were quite comprehensive. According to the KCNA report, on April 28th, the "Choe Hyun" destroyer test-fired supersonic cruise missiles, strategic cruise missiles, air defense missiles, and also test-fired its 127mm automatic naval gun. On April 29th, it carried out trial firings of anti-ship tactical guided weapons, secondary guns, and active/passive interference devices. This... really left people speechless. Actually, using land attack cruise missiles isn't too hard to explain, as the requirements for the ship's situational awareness system aren't that high. Just add a data link and match the fire control software functions. But your naval gun and air defense missile, what are those? Without a fire control radar, your naval gun is basically blind, right? The same goes for air defense missiles; without a fire control radar, your missiles are essentially fired in vain. Surprisingly, the "Choe Hyun" destroyer has everything fully equipped - cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, air defense missiles, main guns, and secondary guns - not only are they all installed, but they're all operational. And all of this happened just three days after the official launch of the ship, 25 days after it was moved from the indoor slipway to the floating dry dock, and just over 50 days after it was still an empty shell. We don't know how to write the word "miracle" in North Korea, but this "Choe Hyun" destroyer is probably the embodiment of a miracle. Its construction, outfitting, and trial speeds completely exceeded our expectations, surpassing the similar construction speeds of China's Type 054A frigates and Type 052D destroyers. Only three days after its launch, it began firing guns and launching missiles. This has completely eliminated all rules for the construction and testing of surface combat ships worldwide! Mysteries of the North Korean Destroyer Big Yivan can only say that we have fallen into disgrace on the issue of the "Choe Hyun". Looking back now, either the "Choe Hyun" still has some equipment missing, and the launched air defense missiles are just for fun. After all, from some photos published by the KCNA, there are bridge photos of the "Choe Hyun", and through the glass, it seems that the interior of the bridge is still empty, with only the floor. Or the KCNA has completely dazzled us. The photos of Comrade Kim Jong Un inspecting the "Choe Hyun" published last December didn't happen in June and December 2024, but in 2023. In that case, the "Choe Hyun" was actually built on the indoor slipway in 2023, outfitted indoors in 2024, transferred to the floating dry dock in March 2025, launched on April 25th, and regardless of the trial process, began weapon trials on April 28th, which would fit perfectly. Of course, this is just our speculation. For North Korea, many things cannot be considered with common sense. After all, there are many things about the "Choe Hyun" that are hard to understand, so adding trial time isn't a big deal. The 127mm naval gun of North Korea is almost identical in design to the NATO Otobreda 127/64mm naval gun. Looking at the information released by the KCNA this time, the caliber of the naval gun used by the "Choe Hyun" is 127mm! You read that right - not the 100mm caliber commonly used on frigates by France/Russia/China, nor the 130mm caliber used on destroyers by China and Russia, but the NATO-standard 127mm (5-inch) caliber! No country in the Warsaw Pact or the Eastern bloc uses this caliber of naval gun, and the performance of the 127mm barrel isn't much better than that of China and Russia's 130mm. Surprisingly, not only did North Korea use the 127mm caliber, but they also produced finished products. Not only did they produce finished products, but the results were surprisingly good, looking better than our 130mm and 100mm guns. What do you say to that? The general isn't wrong about having been to the West. Even more impressive is its air defense missile and that strange-looking supersonic cruise missile. The air defense missile needs no explanation - it's the land-based version of the Meteor-1/2 air defense missile of the Korean People's Army Air Force. It's a two-stage ground-to-air missile, with unknown specific performance, but it resembles a larger 57E1 or a 9M96 with an added booster stage. However, it is currently basically judged to be a long-range surface-to-air missile. Big Yivan was most surprised to find out that the Meteor-1/2 was launched from the small-diameter vertical launch system on the bow of the "Choe Hyun", meaning we were wrong again. Previously, we thought that this small-diameter vertical launch unit was similar to the one used on the Type 054A, mainly used for launching medium-range area air defense missiles like the 9M317. Who would have thought that it could launch long-range area air defense missiles! This raises the air warfare capabilities of the "Choe Hyun" significantly. As for cruise missiles, we've seen North Korea's Arrow-1 and Arrow-2 cruise missiles, including the nuclear warhead version of the Arrow-2 rocket Arrow-2, which is basically a North Korean version of the Russian X-555 series cruise missile. But this supersonic cruise missile showcased by the "Choe Hyun" literally dropped everyone's jaw. Judging from the design, this supersonic cruise missile seems to use a solid rocket booster and a turbojet cruise engine design similar to that of the Arrow-2, but mysteriously, it has an irregular waverider nose cone. This... there's no such design in any previous North Korean cruise missiles, nor in any other country's cruise missiles, whether Russian or ours. Moreover, this design doesn't make sense. With this small solid rocket engine and cruise segment engine, it's impossible to accelerate this supersonic cruise missile to the hypersonic speed required for a scramjet to start. So either this missile uses a subsonic ramjet engine, but it's more likely to use a two-stage system like the 3M54, subsonic cruise in the mid-section, and end with the abandonment of the cruise segment to ignite the rocket engine for supersonic attacks. What's the point of having such an intimidating waverider glide nose cone in this design? We simply can't understand what North Korea is doing here. However, judging from the latest photos, there are many things about the "Choe Hyun" that are hard to understand. Photos show that there are quite a few hidden doors on the side of the ship. During the ship's weapon firing trials, including opening these hidden doors to extend a 14.5mm machine gun and fire sideways, this... leaves people at a loss for words. So your North Korean People's Navy's most powerful air defense ship and arsenal ship also has to take on multiple roles and engage in boarding actions with the South Korean Navy? Should we specifically arrange for you to duel one-on-one with the "King Joseon" class? Can't understand it, absolutely can't understand it. Original article: [https://www.toutiao.com/article/7499046369114604059/](https://www.toutiao.com/article/7499046369114604059/) Disclaimer: The article represents the author's personal views. Please express your attitude by clicking the 'Like' or 'Dislike' button below.