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North Korea's Kim Jong-un furious after failed naval destroyer launch

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      The use of this launch method could be one of necessity, as the quay where the ship is being built does not have an incline,
      The Washington Post
      according to 38 North
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      Carl Schuster
      This type of accident is typical of what happens when one rushes a project with an inexperienced work crew,
      The Washington Post
      Schuster said
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      This accident means that the destroyer itself has a problem,
      The Washington Post
      Yang said
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      Carl Schuster
      This accident will set the program back by at least several months. Both the slipway and the ship’s hull will require extensive repairs,
      The Washington Post
      said Carl Schuster, a naval analyst based in Hawaii
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      I suspect there wasn’t enough preparation”
      The Washington Post
      Yang said
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      They didn’t say it, but they sure made it look like an Aegis destroyer,
      The Washington Post
      said Yang, the military expert, referring to the American integrated naval system
    • 88:88
      Should the design of the Choe Hyon be successful and lead to a new class of destroyers, these developments in conjunction with Kim’s aspiration for a cruiser and a nuclear-powered submarine will significantly augment a new naval threat to the Korean Peninsula and the region for the U.S. and South Korea,
      The Washington Post
      they said in a report
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      The side-launch method used in this case is no longer employed by South Korea's military,
      International Business Times
      Lee Sung-jun, spokesperson for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters
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      A serious accident occurred in the course of the launch of the destroyer,
      Newsweek
      a report by KCNA said, blaming "inexperienced command and operational carelessness" for the incident at Chongjin's Hambuk shipyard
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      Dry dock is an expensive facility, and North Korea probably doesn’t have one… It’s easy to repair a ship in a dry dock after draining water, but they don’t have the facility,
      CNN
      the retired admiral said, adding
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      If the ship does not move together, the stresses will tear the hull apart,
      CNN
      Sal Mercogliano, a professor at Campbell University in North Carolina and a maritime expert, told CNN
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      Due to immature command and operational negligence, the parallel movement of the bogies could not be guaranteed, resulting in the launching sled in the stern detaching first and causing the ship to capsize.
      Daily Mail
      In a statement KCNA said
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      The urgent restoration of the destroyer is not a simple practical issue, but a political issue directly related to the authority of the country.
      Daily Mail
      He continued
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      Kim made stern assessment saying that it was a serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism which is out of the bounds of possibility and could not be tolerated,
      The Korea Times
      Pointing to the accident ... the KCNA said
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      It's also likely that the projected timeline for the vessel -- including when assembly would be completed and the ship launched -- was shared with the Russian side,
      The Manila Times
      he told AFP