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Posted on 05/22/2025 4:04:43 AM PDT by DFG
A launch ceremony for a new North Korean naval destroyer went horribly wrong in front of 'supreme' leader Kim Jong Un, according to state media.
Kim watched on in horror as the 5,000-ton ship was severely damaged after failing to launch properly.
He declared the mishap a 'criminal act caused by absolute carelessness' that 'could not be tolerated'.
Kim has ordered the destroyer to be restored before a June party meeting, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The outlet confirmed that during the ceremony on Wednesday 'a serious accident occurred'.
In a statement KCNA said: 'Due to immature command and operational negligence, the parallel movement of the bogies could not be guaranteed, resulting in the launching sled in the stern detaching first and causing the ship to capsize.
'The ship's balance was destroyed due to a rupture in the hull in some sections, and the bow section was unable to detach from the keel.'
Kim was less than impressed by the blunder, saying: 'This is a serious accident and criminal act that could not have happened and could not be tolerated due to pure carelessness, irresponsibility, and unscientific empiricism,' the agency reported.
He continued: 'The urgent restoration of the destroyer is not a simple practical issue, but a political issue directly related to the authority of the country.'
'It must be completed unconditionally before the June plenary session of the Central Committee of the Party', he added.
The ship that held the launching ceremony this time appears to be of the same class as the 5,000-ton destroyer Choi Hyun-ho that North Korea launched last month.
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heads will roll and other body parts too. Kimmy is apoplectic. These clowns actually have nuclear weapons.
God is good.
The hamburger there is going to taste a little funny for a while!
Sounds like they’re going to have an opening for some new land guys. Where is George Costanza?
AI at work ?
Death by mortar?
How mortarfying!
Sounds to me like it went pretty well. Too bad the little fat boy with a dorky haircut wasn't on it.
Ok, I need to see the engineer who reversed the bilge pump.......
So the US doesn’t have the market cornered on ‘stupid’?
North Korea’s latest naval destroyer has been significantly damaged prior to its launch. In a rare acknowledgment, North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported yesterday an incident occurred with a new destroyer in Chongjin, which was close to being launched.
Was it named “Vasa”?
Hah! Now he’s ‘Little Rowboat Man’.
GI’s call South Korea (Land of the Morning Calm) the “Land of the Almost Right”. I joked (only half) that importing T-squares, Plum Bobs, and Levels violated Korean Law.
I can only imagine what adding Marxism to this culture would do...
It was reported that the local Harbor Freight was sold out of blue tarps
Someone is going to get a stern talking to.
“He continued: ‘The urgent restoration of the destroyer is not a simple practical issue, but a political issue directly related to the authority of the country.’
So Kimmy’s tying his authority to the eventual successful launching of this ship?
Boy, talk about pushing all your chips to the center of the table.
The Norks have nukes?
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