North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a significant advancement towards his goal of expanding the operational range and preemptive strike capabilities of his nuclear-armed military.

Reuters reported that North Korea's new class of warship was able to accommodate dozens of vertical launch cells to carry missiles its military has already developed.

North Korea launched a "new multipurpose destroyer." North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony, Reuters reports. State-run media, referring to the secretary of the ruling Workers' Party, Jo Chun Ryong,