North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was left humiliated outraged after personally witnessing the botched launch of a new, 5,000-ton destroyer on Thursday -- going so far as to call it a "criminal act" and a "political issue directly related to the prestige of the state." He's promised accountability and, given his history of executing officials who fail to carry out their responsibilities, heads may be literally rolling in short order.
Perhaps bowing to the reality that the satellite-observed accident couldn't be kept secret, North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) was quick to report on the debacle and Kim's furious reaction. The incident unfolded at the northeastern port city of Chongjin. At what was set up to be a moment of national pride, the launch went terribly wrong when the stern slid down the slipway but the bow stood fast, wrenching the vessel and flipping it on its side. “The stern is seen swung out into the harbour as a result of the wheeled units placed under the frame sliding into the water while the bow remained on the side slipway,” the Center for Strategic and International Studies reported after reviewing satellite imagery.
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Perhaps bowing to the reality that the satellite-observed accident couldn't be kept secret, North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) was quick to report on the debacle and Kim's furious reaction. The incident unfolded at the northeastern port city of Chongjin. At what was set up to be a moment of national pride, the launch went terribly wrong when the stern slid down the slipway but the bow stood fast, wrenching the vessel and flipping it on its side. “The stern is seen swung out into the harbour as a result of the wheeled units placed under the frame sliding into the water while the bow remained on the side slipway,” the Center for Strategic and International Studies reported after reviewing satellite imagery.
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