# Kim Jong Un says new destroyer will join North Korea’s nuclear response system

https://mins.news/en/item/47659

- Reuters, 2026-09-06 21:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-says-new-destroyer-will-be-part-nuclear-response-system-2026-09-06/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9ddc89ffd9d30001d8d0cf

> North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the commissioning of a new destroyer on the country’s east coast. State media KCNA said he described the vessel as part of Pyongyang’s nuclear response system, capable of delivering “annihilating retaliatory strikes” if ordered.

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