North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says new destroyer will be part of nuclear response system
- On Sunday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un commissioned the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Kon in Wonsan. The warship will integrate into the country's "state nuclear counteraction system" to deter adversaries.
- The commissioning follows deployment of its sister ship, the Choe Hyon, three months earlier. Pyongyang is modernizing naval assets to develop a "nuclear armed force" capable of defending maritime sovereignty.
- Despite a botched launch last year that caused the vessel to capsize, North Korea successfully integrated the Kang Kon into operational testing cycles this July. The destroyer was relaunched and ordered commissioned within two months.
- Kim claimed the warship could deliver "annihilating retaliatory strikes" against enemies. State media KCNA did not confirm whether the vessel currently carries nuclear weapons, leaving armament systems unspecified.
- Pyongyang plans to build larger warships, including 10,000-ton classes, over the next five years. Kim vowed, "I will prove it to the world eight months from now," signaling continued naval expansion.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un says new destroyer will be part of nuclear response system
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country's newest destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system and could deliver "annihilating retaliatory strikes", state media KCNA reported on Monday, although it did not say whether the vessel would carry nuclear weapons.
N. Korea commissions nuclear-capable naval destroyer Kang Kon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country’s newest destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system and could deliver “annihilating retaliatory strikes”, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sept 7, although it did not say whether the vessel would carry nuclear weapons.
North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un announced additional plans within eight months while advocating for the nuclear armament of the navy and the strengthening of deterrence at the commissioning ceremony of the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Geon.
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Kim Jong-un says the ship "Kang Kon" east of the Korean Peninsula will be part of a nuclear defense system.
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