North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the sea trials and combat readiness inspection of a newly constructed multi-purpose guided-missile destroyer on Tuesday, declaring the warship a vital component of the nation’s sea-based nuclear deterrence capabilities.
According to reports broadcast by state news agency KCNA, Kim inspected the vessel’s automated weapons control rooms, vertical missile launch canisters, and long-range radar tracking systems at a naval shipyard on the country’s eastern coast. State media disclosed photographs showing the warship equipped with naval cruise missiles and maritime-configured ballistic strike systems designed to deliver tactical nuclear warheads.
In his address to naval engineers and officers, Kim declared that modernizing the Korean People’s Navy with automated combat vessels is an imperative response to expanding trilateral naval maneuvers conducted by the United States, South Korea, and Japan. Kim instructed naval shipyards to accelerate the mass production of similar surface combatants to project sustained sea denial capabilities.
Defense analysts in Seoul and Washington noted that the unveiling underscores Pyongyang’s continuous efforts to diversify its strike platforms beyond land-based launchers. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that allied surveillance assets are closely tracking the vessel’s technical specifications and sea deployment timelines.
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