Kim Jong Un's fury after watching North Korea's new navy destroyer crippled in botched launch
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Source: CNN
Seoul, South Korea
CNN
North Koreas newest warship was severely damaged during a launch ceremony Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong Un, who witnessed the accident, saying it brought shame to the nations prestige and vowing to punish those found responsible, state media reported.
In a rare admission of failure, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said a malfunction in the launch mechanism caused the stern of the as-yet unnamed 5,000-ton destroyer to slide prematurely into the water, crushing parts of the hull and leaving the bow stranded on the shipway.
Kim called the launch failure a criminal act and blamed it on absolute carelessness and irresponsibility by multiple state institutions - including the Munitions Industry Department, Kim Chaek University of Technology and the central ship design bureau.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/asia/north-korea-destroyer-accident-intl-hnk-ml
Somebody is going to be strapped to an ICBM or in front of an Anti Aircraft Artillery.
hlthe2b
(115,550 posts)sigh...
BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)Kim, an honor graduate of trump university, then went into a 12 hour rant about the proper method to launch a warship. 12 Soldiers standing attention at the ceremony died of heat stroke. Kim had their families imprisoned. Trump sent his sympathies. To Kim.
John1956PA
(5,161 posts)Tumbulu
(6,649 posts)Did they play the wrong music or something?
magicarpet
(19,531 posts)..... with all the war fighter planes, helicopters, torpedoes, and missiles -to help Kim through the grieving process of losing his brand new ship.
Poor Kim,... I bet he could really use a djt love letter about now too.
Walleye
(46,059 posts)reACTIONary
(7,487 posts)Ponietz
(4,776 posts)progree
(13,131 posts)uncle ray
(3,377 posts)if you zoom in you can see Kim fake swimming.
The Roux Comes First
(2,489 posts)artemisia1
(1,947 posts)Grokenstein
(6,483 posts)AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (snerrrrrrk) BWAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA
I shouldn't laugh--after all, I live in the gulf of trumpmerikah--but man, that's hilarious.
Lionel Mandrake
(4,225 posts)i.e., when the center of mass is above the center of buoyancy.
Normally I would sympathize, but in this case my feeling is what Germans call Schadenfreude.
electric_blue68
(28,243 posts)Emile
(44,415 posts)This is a duplicate of the same news story that was posted earlier.
Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143463478
