North Korea Warship Launch Failure

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North Korea refloats warship

North Korea raises capsized warship after failed launch

North Korea righted a capsized 5,000-ton warship and moored it at a pier in the Chongjin Shipyard state-run media reported, two weeks after a failed launch that leader Kim Jong Un condemned as a "criminal act.

The New York Times · 10d

How North Korea Botched the Launch of a Warship

Satellite images and videos show how launching a 5,000-ton warship into the water sideways can cause it to capsize if done incorrectly.

BBC on MSN · 11d

North Korea arrests senior official over warship launch failure

North Korea has arrested a fourth official over the failed launch of a new warship that has enraged the country's leader, Kim Jong Un. Ri Hyong-son, deputy director of the ruling Workers' Party's Munitions Industry Department,

North Korea’s half-sunk warship hauled upright with giant balloons as cause of disaster that humiliated Kim is revealed

A HALF-sunk North Korean warship which bungled its first launch in front of Kim Jong-un has been hauled upright using giant ...

Balloons and Human Strength: How North Korea Righted a Toppled Warship

North Korea’s plan to modernize its Navy had an embarrassing setback late last month, when a new warship capsized during its launch. To get the vessel floating again, engineers toiling under the do-or ...

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Satellite images show the catastrophic damage to North Korea's new destroyer that's lying on its side

After a bungled launch, the vessel appears to be stuck and lying on its side in the water. North Korea said it was a ...

2don MSN

South Korean media suggests Kim Jong Un’s hair greyed by warship debacle stress as vessel is finally refloated

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was showing visible signs of stress, including greying hair, following the embarrassing ...

Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN4d

North Korea’s Warship Launch Debacle: Engineering Flaws, Political Shockwaves, and the Limits of Naval Ambition

Due to inexperienced command and operational carelessness in the course of the launch, the launch slide of the stern departed ...

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