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North Korea Commissions New 5,000-Ton Destroyer, Kim Jong-un Expects Strengthened Navy

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Seoul, June 24 (IANS) North Korea has commissioned a new 5,000-ton destroyer with leader Kim Jong-un voicing expectations that the Navy’s combat capabilities will be strengthened to a level “admirable beyond imagination,” state media reported on Wednesday.Kim made the remarks the previous day at a commissioning ceremony for the “new-type multi-mission” destroyer Choe Hyon at the western port of Nampho, reports Yonhap, quoting the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The ceremony came as the North u…

North Korea to Deploy New Self-Propelled Howitzer Along South Korean Border

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Seoul, May 8 (IANS) North Korea plans to deploy a new self-propelled howitzer along its border with South Korea by the end of this year, state media said Friday, as it seeks to bolster its defence capabilities.According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a munitions factory Wednesday to review production of a “new-type 155 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer” destined for three battalions to be stationed at a long-range artillery unit along the “southern…

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un oversees test-firing of strategic cruise and anti-warship missiles

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Seoul, April 14 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a test-firing of strategic cruise and anti-warship missiles from the destroyer Choe Hyon, stressing the country’s top priority is to bolster a nuclear war deterrent ‘without limit,’ state media reported Tuesday.North Korea conducted the launches of two strategic cruise missiles and three anti-warship missiles from the naval destroyer Sunday in its “operational efficiency test,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)….