Only around GBP 1 million has been spent on platform-specific design work for the Royal Navy’s planned Type 83 destroyer over the past three financial years, with the Ministry of Defence admitting it inherited the programme as an underdeveloped concept on entering office, the department stated in a»»»

North Korea commissioned its Choe Hyon 5,000-ton destroyer, seen here in a March photo, state media reported Wednesday. File Photo by KCNA/EPA North Korea has commissioned a new 5,000-ton destroyer with leader Kim Jong-un voicing expectations that the Navy's combat capabilities will be strengthened»»»

North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer Choe Hyon. Photo credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the construction of two warships similar to the 5,000-ton destroyer Choe Hyon over the next five years, according to state media. He also declared that the country's naval n»»»

North Korea has revealed its largest-ever warship that leader Kim Jong Un says can carry nuclear-capable missiles. The 5,000-metric-ton destroyer is part of the country’s growing navy, which is set to expand sharply over the next five years. ... »»»

SEOUL, South Korea, June 24,(AP): North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer that leader Kim Jong Un touts as a symbol of the country’s growing naval and nuclear capabilities, state media reported Wednesday, as Pyongyang seeks to expand its ability to project military power at sea. North Ko»»»

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was “equipping the Navy with nuclear weapons,” state media reported Wednesday, as he also unveiled plans to build 10,000-ton warships. The remarks came at the commissioning of the Choe Hyon—one of two 5,000-ton class warships the nuclear-armed»»»

North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer that leader Kim Jong Un touts as a symbol of the country’s growing naval and nuclear capabilities, state media reported on Wednesday, as Pyongyang seeks to expand its ability to project military power at sea. North Korea’s official Korean Central N»»»

North Korea has officially commissioned the Choe Hyon, a 5,000-ton destroyer that Pyongyang describes as a symbol of the country's advancing naval and nuclear capabilities. At a ceremony in the western port of Nampo, Kim declared that the era of the navy existing merely as a coastal defense force i»»»

North Korea's state-run television KRT on Wednesday (June 24) aired a video of leader Kim Jong Un attending a commissioning ceremony of a destroyer, where he said the state should build two warships as large as its 5,000-metric-ton Choe Hyon vessel every year in the next five years. Kim attended th»»»

North Korea’s new 5,000-ton multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon is seen in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA via Yonhap) North Korea has deployed a new destroyer, state media reported Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong-un stressing that the push to establish a nuclear-armed nav»»»

North Korea's nuclear programme has once again raised concerns as Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un moves to expand the country's arsenal. As per KCNA, the DPRK leader commissioned its first 5,000-ton class destroyer. Based on reports by KCNA, the warship "is possessed of the most perfect, complex operati»»»