North Korean Warship Seen Severely Damaged After Failed Launch
Source: Airbus Defense and Space
North Korea has placed a cover over a destroyer that suffered damage in a botched launch attempt, with the vessel now appearing to be on its side and partially submerged, satellite imagery indicates.
The 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer — one of the North Korea’s largest warships — was a key part of the state’s naval modernization plans. Kim Jong Un was on hand to see the launch and his media made a rare admission of failure afterwards, with the leader calling the incident a “criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday.