North Korea claims warship launch successful on second try

North Korea says that it has managed to relaunch its new 5,000 -ton naval destroyer, less than a month after its capacity during the first attempted launch, reports the state media.

The head of the country, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to warships failed launch In May, and asked that it was quickly repaired.

At least Four officials – Three managers of shipyards and a senior official – have since been arrested for the incident.

The state media indicate that the ship has now been fully restored. But given the speed with which it was relaunched, the experts wonder if the repairs are really over.

Kim and his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, supervised the launch of Tuesday at the port of Rajin in the north of the country, according to KCNA, who published photos of them during the event.

This warship is one of the two new naval destroyers of 5,000 tonnes of 5,000 tonnes that have built in the past year and launched since April.

They are now the biggest ships that Pyongyang has in its fleet and is able, in theory, to launch nuclear weapons.

Kim had the priority to develop a navy with nuclear arms and says that he plans to build two others of these destroyers in the coming year.

In the past few weeks, satellite photos have shown the capshaft ship in the port, before it was moved to a repair site, then Be bailed out in waterBefore he was moored at the pier.

According to KCNA, Kim spoke during the Friday event, saying that the initial missed launch had not given the North Military Modernization Program.

“Soon, enemies will discover how provocative and unpleasant it is to sit down and watch the ships of an opponent crawling in the margins of sovereign waters,” he said.