Kim Jong-un expands his maritime power with a new multipurpose destroyer | International

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The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, celebrated the production of a new destroyer for the North Korean Armed Forces, with the aim of strengthening his maritime power, according to the KCNA news agency. The 5,000 -ton multipurpose destroyer was presented at a ceremony in Nampho, coinciding with the anniversary of the revolutionary popular army.

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-unparticipated in a ceremony to celebrate the production of a new destroyer for the country’s armed forces, North Korean state media collected on Saturday.

The new destroyer would seek to strengthen the maritime power of his army, said the North Korean news agency KCNA today.

North Korea presented his New 5,000 -tons multipurpose destroyer At the ceremony held in a shipyard of the Western Port City of Namph, on Friday, coinciding with the 93th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR), according to the source.

Kim declared that the destroyer “will strengthen the integral defense of the maritime sovereignty of North Korea and will serve as an important starting point in its path to an advanced maritime power.”

The new multipurpose destroyer Choe Ryongwhich will be part of the mission of the Navy to combat the “Imperialist pirates“. This was reported by the Central News Agency of Korea (KCNA).