North Korea says it has succeeded in re -destroying a new It turned at the launch Last month, with the reporting of the government media, the damaged ship will be transferred to a dry berth in a different ships building for reforms.
“After regaining the balance of the destroyer in early June, the team arranged the sidewalk safely by launching its end on Thursday afternoon,” said a report from the state -run Korean Central News Agency.
A picture of the satellite, taken by Planet Labs on June 5, showed the previously affected ships and appears to be floating in the water away from the sidewalk in which the catastrophic launch occurred.
The destroyer, which has an area of 5,000 tons, is the latest war ship in the country and was supposed to be an ambitious victory in North Korea Marine update voltage.
Instead, an imbalance in the launch mechanism on May 21 caused the rear sliding prematurely to the water, crushing the parts of the structure and let the bow cut on the ships, KCNA said at the time. A day later, government media reported that the damage was not as bad as it was at first.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Kim Joe Eye, attends a concert for a new “multi -purpose destroyer”, in Nambo, North Korea, in this image released on April 26, 2025, by the Korean Central News Agency – KCNA/Reuters
Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who witnessed the failed launch in the northeastern city Four people It claims that it is responsible for Launch.
Kim ordered the officials to reform the ship, which it did not call after the plenary session in late June of the ruling Labor Party, describing it as a matter of national honor.
KCNA reported on Friday that Kim’s goal will be achieved.
“The complex restoration in the next stage must be implemented in the dry accusation cage of Rajeen Dakokiard for 7-10 days,” Kcna said, adding that the Minister of Central Committee Joe Chun Ryong, who leads the reform voltage, said that “the ideal restoration of the destroyer will be completed without failure” before the public meeting.
The rapid procedure for reunification of the ship surprised the analysts, who believe, based on the satellite images of the accident, that the process will take longer.
“The intense workforce and – let’s face it – An innovative approach to correct the shipAnalyst Carl Shroster, a former US navy commander, said:
Satellite photos showed that the innovative approach was apparently used by the geometry associated with the engineering of the ship to help balance and rejuvenate it.
Maxar photos show the ongoing efforts to hide damaged destroyer in the Hambuk shipyard after one day of the failed launch. – Maxar/Digitalglobe/Getty Images
The damage to the lower body was severe than the analysts expected when they saw what happened on May 21.
During a side launch, the ship was supposed to slip into the water side by the rear of the warship in the water while the bow stayed on the ground.
Analysts believed that the pressures that were placed on the structure and drawing during such an accident may be to give up.
But “body damage should be much less than estimate.”
Schuster said that if North Korea can devote the same effort to the internal reforms of the war ships as it did to reunify it, it may be ready for marine tests much closer to thinking after the accident.
He said that the internal spaces of the ship, as well as machines and electronics, should be cleared of sea water and dried salt in the repair process.
“Almost everything can be done if you are ready to commit resources and you have human talents to employ them,” Schuster said.
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