Parts of the bottom shatter. ‘Intolerable negligence’
A sensational flop in the North Korean defense industry, the main pride of Kim Jong-un, caused a predictable outburst of the dictator. The “serious accident”, according to what the regime media reported, occurred during the ward ceremony of a war ship, a 5 thousand tons destroyer. In particular, the KCNA news agency reported that “some sections of the bottom have shattered”, compromising “the balance of the ship”.
Just Kim witnessed the whole of the bankruptcy maneuver. And he spoke of a “criminal act caused by total negligence” which “could not be tolerated”, because “it seriously damaged the dignity and pride of our nation in an instant”. Hence, he ordered to repair the ship before a key meeting of the party in June and ordered to put those who had been involved in the ship’s design to the index.
Just a few weeks ago, North Korea had inaugurated another destroyer, the Choe Hyon, which according to the regime is able to transport over 70 missiles and “the most powerful weapons”. A means developed, according to Seoul, with the help of Russia, probably in exchange for the thousands of North Korean soldiers sent to Kursk to help Moscow against Kiev.
Greeting the launch of the new war ship, the dictator had spoken of a “turning point” in the modernization of the country’s naval forces.
The war development in North Korea is at the top of Kim’s priorities, which cyclically authorizes tests of ballistic missiles: a ride to armaments that, according to analysts, the North Korean leader wants to exploit as an exchange commodity to contract an lightening of penalties and international isolation. Precisely on the day of the launching flop of the destroyer, the South Korean army denounced the launch by Pyongyang of “several cruise missiles not identified towards the Eastern Chinese Sea”.
