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North Korea’s new naval destroyer was dedicated by Kim Jong Un last week, but it appears more work is necessary before it can truly take to the seas. Commercial satellite imagery shows the ship being nudged back towards the drydock just days after the ceremony.
The use of tugboats to move the ship into place and back again could indicate the lack of a functioning propulsion system.
Construction on the vessel began in May 2024 and has moved at a fast pace. In late March, the ship was transferred from a construction hall to a floating drydock and, last Friday, imagery captured it being pushed into position by tugboats for the ceremony.
The latest image, captured on April 28, shows tugs nudging the ship back towards the floating drydock. There, presumably, the rest of the work on the ship will be completed before it can move under its own power.
Figure 1. Imagery from April 28 shows North Korea’s new naval destroyer back at the drydock just days after the ceremony. Image © 2025 Planet Labs, PBC cc-by-nc-sa 4.0. For media licensing options, please contact thirtyeightnorth@gmail.com.
State media coverage of the ceremony included video of the vessel, but no footage showed it away from its mooring. North Korea’s news agency carried a single still image of the ship in the Taedong River, but it appeared to be stationary.
Figure 2. The new North Korean destroyer is seen at its dedication ceremony in an image published by North Korean state media. (Source: Korean Central News Agency)
첫댓글 언젠가 스스로 움직이기 시작하고 핵탄두 미사일도 진짜로 넣으면 1960년대 이탈리아가 처음 시도했던 것을 북한이 실현시키는 셈이네요.
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지중해에서도 저런 탄도탄 발사 수상함들은 개전 직후 생존이 어려울 것 같은데, 동해나 서해에서는 개전 5분 전에 미사일 쏘고 침몰하는 게 고작 아닐까 싶긴 합니다. 일정 자원을 항상 저 놈을 마크하는 데 돌려야 된다는 게 귀찮긴 하겠습니다만.