{"id":62617,"date":"2026-06-24T00:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/62617\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:37:08","slug":"kim-says-north-korea-to-arm-navy-with-nuclear-weapons-build-bigger-warships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/62617\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim says North Korea to arm navy with nuclear weapons, build bigger warships"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un<\/a> said his country was \u201cequipping the Navy with nuclear weapons<\/a>,\u201d state media reported Wednesday, as he also unveiled plans to build 10,000-ton (9,000-tonne) warships.<\/p>\n

The remarks came at the commissioning of the Choe Hyon \u2013 one of two 5,000-ton (4,500-tonne) class warships the nuclear-armed state launched last year \u2013 in the port city of Nampo on Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe programme of equipping the Navy with nuclear weapons is following its planned course unerringly,\u201d Kim reportedly told the ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a strategic course of crucial importance as it will make it possible to keep the nuclear force of our state ready for multifaceted and efficient operation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

North Korea has previously said the Choe Hyon is equipped with the \u201cmost powerful weapons\u201d, and Kim has made multiple inspections of vessels in its class this year, including overseeing a cruise missile test from the Choe Hyon in April.<\/p>\n

\"NorthNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during the commissioning ceremony of the Choe Hyon on Wednesday. Photo: KCNA via Reuters<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the Choe Hyon, we will soon commission destroyer Kang Kon for operations. After that we will launch 10,000-tonne strategic warships one after another,\u201d Kim said in his speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country was \u201cequipping the Navy with nuclear weapons,\u201d state media reported…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1288,35077,15230,1757,1516,31,5449,10120,34,2175,2447,129,5912,33,1722,444,25980],"class_list":["post-62617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-north-korea","tag-choe-hyon","tag-chong-un","tag-hanoi","tag-kang-kon","tag-kim","tag-korea","tag-korean-central-news-agency","tag-nampo","tag-north-korea","tag-north-korean","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-pyongyang","tag-sanctions","tag-south-korea","tag-trump","tag-united-states","tag-warships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}