North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a cruise missile test from a new 5,000-ton warship on Friday, as part of the first evaluation of the vessel’s major weapons systems ahead of the ship’s planned induction into the navy within two months.
The tests formed part of the evaluation process of the combat capabilities of weapons installed aboard the naval destroyer Kang Kon, the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Sunday.
Accompanied by senior defense and shipbuilding officials including the Munitions Industry Department’s director Jo Chun Ryong and first vice director Kim Jong Sik, Kim Jong Un watched from a