The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on May 7 visited the destroyer Choe Hyon and observed a test for generally assessing its manoeuvrability conducted in the run-up to its commissioning.

He was accompanied by Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first deputy department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the Navy, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences, Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, and other leading officials in the national defence and warship-building sectors.

Comrade Kim Jong Un boarded the destroyer Choe Hyon to learn about a navigation plan for the test for generally assessing its manoeuvrability.

He highly appreciated the successes made by the crew members of the destroyer in their training for fully acquiring the professional qualifications for skilfully operating the new-type destroyer, a combination of modern military and technical capabilities.

He went round the combined control centre, weapon system control room and other combat duty spaces and elements of the destroyer to learn about its operational preparations.

A navigation test to assess various manoeuvring elements of the warship was conducted in his presence in the section of 120n•mile of the West Sea of Korea.

The crew members of the destroyer were in full excitement and high spirits as they had the honour of making a voyage in the presence of Comrade Kim Jong Un again.

He expressed satisfaction over the fact that the combat manoeuvrability of the warship complied with the operational requirements and the advantages of the Korean-style warship control system were proved.

Appreciating that all the tests for the operational commissioning of the destroyer were progressing smoothly, he issued an order to hand it over to the Navy in oncoming mid-June as planned.