🇰🇵 Interesting satellite images have been published by NK News. They confirm that, alongside the large warship at a more advanced stage of construction shown by North Korean media at the Nampo shipyard, another similar vessel is being built. Sections for assembly at the Rajin shipyard are being transported from the shipyard in Chongjin. The choice of Rajin was apparently influenced by the botched launch of North Korea’s second destroyer in Chongjin. The vessel was eventually refloated and towed to Rajin for repairs, before being successfully repaired and handed over to the North Korean Navy. The sections mentioned above are 18–20 metres wide, suggesting that the new vessel will be larger than the two Choe Hyon-class destroyers, which have a beam of approximately 16 metres. It therefore appears that North Korea could acquire two new major warships relatively soon. These would apparently belong to a different class from Choe Hyon, likely the 10,000-tonne guided-missile warship repeatedly mentioned in official statements, including those by Kim Jong Un himself. Meanwhile, a nuclear-powered submarine is also being completed… #info #Navy #Korea
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