North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled plans to build two large warships each year over the next five years ¡ª while outfitting his navy with nuclear weapons ¡ª but questions remain over the effectiveness of the move.
At a ceremony for the commissioning of the 5,000-ton Choe Hyon destroyer, Kim called for his country to ¡°launch 10,000-ton strategic warships one after another,¡± the official Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday. Pyongyang often uses the term ¡°strategic¡± to reference its nuclear weapons capabilities.?
At the ceremony, which took place Tuesday, Kim said the North Korean Navy was ¡°entering a new phase of its development¡± and has assumed ¡°a new historic mission.¡±
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