North Korea deploys new destroyer, stresses push for nuclear-capable navy

North Korea has deployed a new destroyer, state media reported Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong-un stressing that the push to establish a nuclear-armed navy was on course.

According to the North’s state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the 5,000-ton destroyer Choe Hyun was deployed into active service on Tuesday.

The paper quoted Kim as saying that the North Korean navy is growing into a branch that has “strategic assets” and that its nuclear armament was advancing according to plan.

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