Kim Jong Un's fury after watching North Korea's new navy destroyer crippled in botched launch

[Marcuse]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Emile (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: CNN

Seoul, South Korea
CNN
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North Korea’s 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 nation’s 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

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Somebody is going to be strapped to an ICBM or in front of an Anti Aircraft Artillery.

[hlthe2b]

1. I guess Putin will be receiving some more NK troops as "cannon fodder."

sigh...

[BOSSHOG]

2. Kim called IT a criminal act

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]

3. The heinous executions of the symphony members comes to mind.

[Tumbulu]

12. I missed this one and could not find much by googling

Did they play the wrong music or something?

[magicarpet]

4. trDUMP will give Kim our newest aircraft carrier,...

..... 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]

5. Trump said Kim was a "smart cookie"

[reACTIONary]

6. WaPo, No Paywall...

https://wapo.st/3FgPYZ6

CNN has a paywall? Never got that before.

[Ponietz]

7. Mary Rose II might be a good name for it

[progree]

8. Earlier LBN story with extensive commentary and updates

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143463478

Here's a picture of it

[uncle ray]

11. covering it with blue tarps reminds me of Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams.

if you zoom in you can see Kim fake swimming.

[The Roux Comes First]

9. He Should Be Watching His BFF More Closely! Bringing Shame on Your Country is the Whole Plan Here!

[artemisia1]

10. Somebody's about to be blown from a cannon. NK Supreme Leader is as vindictive and image conscious as our own. /nt

[Grokenstein]

13. "the nation's prestige"

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]

14. That's what happens when a ship is top-heavy,

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]

15. HaHaHaHaHahahahaa, Kim.

[Emile]

16. After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking.

This is a duplicate of the same news story that was posted earlier.

Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143463478