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The leader of the DPRK visited the shipyard in the city of Nampho, located in the west of the Korean peninsula, on the shores of the Yellow Sea.
Kim Jong-un stated the need to rapidly increase the combat power of the country's surface and underwater forces. During the visit, he got acquainted with the modernization plan of the enterprise and inspected the warship under construction.
According to the head of the DPRK, the new ship for the Navy is designed to perform complex operational tasks, taking into account the new forms of modern warfare.
Inspecting the ship, the DPRK leader expressed satisfaction with its size: in his estimation, it is significantly superior to the destroyer built last year. The technical characteristics of the ship and the timing of the completion of the construction of the KCNA were not given.
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Kim attributed the need to strengthen the fleet to what he called nuclear blackmail and threats from opponents in the region.
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He outlined specific tasks for the shipyard: to automate production processes, implement a single intelligent control system for the entire ship construction cycle, and change the irrational layout of buildings. The additional land dock should allow the company to build and repair vessels at the same time. Kim also demanded that more specialists be involved in the design and construction of ships, including the younger generation of Korean engineers. According to the latest data, the DPRK has increased the number of university places for students whose future specialty is related not only to military, but also to civil shipbuilding.
