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Destructor Choe Hyon

El Choe Hyon es el primer destructor de 5.000 toneladas de Corea del Norte, comisionado en Nampho como buque de guerra multimisión promovido para funciones de misiles de crucero, antibuque y antiaéreas.

Destructor Choe Hyon, Destructor lanzamisiles guiados, Sistemas navales
Image source: Al Jazeera gallery: North Korea commissions warship as Kim eyes nuclear navy
Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
Corea del Norte
Built in
North Korea
Type
Destructor lanzamisiles guiados
Service note
Comisionado en 2026
Designed
2024-2025
Produced
2024-2026
Number built
1 comisionado

Specifications

Desplazamiento
5.000 toneladas
Constructor
Nampho Shipyard
Comisionado
23 de junio de 2026
Botado
25 de abril de 2025
Número de casco
51
Función
Destructor multimisión
Variants
  • Destructor clase Choe Hyon
Cañón principal

El destructor fue mostrado públicamente disparando su cañón principal de 127 mm durante la actividad de pruebas de abril de 2025.

AmmunitionAmmunition typeFiring evidence
127 mm shipboard automatic gun, 127 mm naval gun, Artillery127 mm shipboard automatic gunCañón naval de 127 mm

Naval News tituló una imagen de prueba como el Choe Hyon disparando el cañón principal de 127 mm durante las pruebas de armas del buque de abril de 2025.

Sources: CSIS: North Korea Launches the Choe Hyon Guided Missile Destroyer, Naval News: Heavily Armed Missile Destroyer Joins North Korean Navy, The Maritime Executive: North Korea Vows to Build Third Destroyer in Next 14 Months

Municiones transportadas
Carried itemItem typeCarriage evidence
Ballistic missile, Ballistic missile, ArtilleryBallistic missileMisil balístico

AP describió al Choe Hyon como equipado con misiles balísticos durante su cobertura del comisionamiento.

Sources: AP News: North Korea's Kim claims progress on nuclear-armed navy as new warship is placed into service

Lanzamientos de misiles

También se ha documentado al destructor disparando misiles antibuque durante pruebas de armas.

Launched itemItem typeLaunch evidence
Cruise missile, Cruise missile, MunitionsCruise missileMisil de crucero

AP y Al Jazeera describieron al Choe Hyon como portador o lanzador de misiles de crucero durante la cobertura del comisionamiento, y Al Jazeera señaló específicamente misiles de crucero lanzados desde buques.

Sources: AP News: North Korea's Kim claims progress on nuclear-armed navy as new warship is placed into service, Al Jazeera gallery: North Korea commissions warship as Kim eyes nuclear navy

Anti-ship cruise missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, MunitionsAnti-ship cruise missileMisil de crucero antibuque

USNI informó que el Choe Hyon lanzó misiles antibuque de prueba durante sus ensayos de armas de abril de 2026.

Sources: USNI News: North Korea Test Launches Anti-ship, Cruise Missiles from First-in-class Destroyer

Launched Munitions

CSIS describió que la actividad de pruebas de abril de 2025 del Choe Hyon incluyó lanzamientos de misiles antiaéreos desde el buque.

MuniciónTipoEvidencia
Anti-aircraft missiles, Ship-launched surface-to-air missile, MunitionsMisiles antiaéreosMisil antiaéreo lanzado desde buqueSe informó que fueron lanzados desde el Choe Hyon durante la actividad de pruebas del 28 de abril de 2025.
Timeline

Destructor Choe Hyon Key Events

  1. Botado

    El primer destructor Choe Hyon fue botado en el astillero de Nampho.

    Sources: USNI News: North Korea Commissions First-in-class Destroyer Choe Hyon

  2. Pruebas de mar y ensayos de armas

    El buque realizó actividad de pruebas con misiles de crucero y misiles antibuque antes de su entrada en servicio.

    Sources: USNI News: North Korean Destroyer Tests Strategic Cruise Missile, USNI News: North Korea Test Launches Anti-ship, Cruise Missiles from First-in-class Destroyer

  3. Comisionado

    El destructor entró en servicio naval norcoreano en una ceremonia de comisionamiento en Nampho.

    Sources: AP News: North Korea's Kim claims progress on nuclear-armed navy as new warship is placed into service, Al Jazeera gallery: North Korea commissions warship as Kim eyes nuclear navy

Documented Features
CaracterísticaEvidencia
FunciónPrimer destructor de 5.000 toneladas de Corea del Norte, presentado como buque de guerra multimisión
Puerto baseNampho
Énfasis principalMisiles de crucero lanzados desde buques, armas antibuque y armas antiaéreas
Estado de la clasePrimer buque de una nueva línea de destructores
Media

Destructor Choe Hyon Videos

Destructor Choe Hyon Images

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Source: Al Jazeera gallery: North Korea commissions warship as Kim eyes nuclear navy
Related Weapon Systems
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Anti-aircraft missiles, Ship-launched surface-to-air missile, MunitionsMunitionsAnti-aircraft missilesShip-launched surface-to-air missileShip-launched surface-to-air missiles documented in the Choe Hyon destroyer's air-defense fit. CSIS identifies the destroyer's air-defense system as Russian Pantsir-M and reports anti-aircraft missile launches during the 28 April 2025 test activity, while Naval News separately notes an unspecified forward VLS-launched SAM and a Pantsir-M-style close-in weapon system with short-range missiles. The exact North Korean missile designation remains publicly unconfirmed.
Pantsir-M, Naval missile-gun close-in air-defense system, Air DefenseAir DefensePantsir-MNaval missile-gun close-in air-defense systemPantsir-M is the Russian naval member of the Pantsir missile-gun air-defense family, combining ready-to-fire surface-to-air missiles, a rapid-fire gun mount, radar, and optical fire control for ship self-defense against cruise missiles, UAVs, aircraft, and other air threats. Open reporting ties the system to Project 22800 Karakurt-class ships, North Korea's Choe Hyon destroyer, and a Russian claim of Storm Shadow engagements during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

Related News

Sources

CSIS: North Korea Launches the Choe Hyon Guided Missile DestroyerPublisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: Supports the Choe Hyon being armed with a 127 mm main gun and the April 2025 weapons-test context. | Accessed: 2026-06-27Al Jazeera gallery: North Korea commissions warship as Kim eyes nuclear navyPublisher: Al Jazeera | Note: Supports the Choe Hyon commissioning, 5,000-tonne displacement, Nampho context, ship-launched cruise missiles, anti-aircraft and anti-ship weapons, and image provenance. | Accessed: 2026-06-26AP News: North Korea's Kim claims progress on nuclear-armed navy as new warship is placed into servicePublisher: Associated Press | Note: Supports the Choe Hyon commissioning, 5,000-ton destroyer description, Nampho service context, and the reported missile and weapons fit. | Accessed: 2026-06-26Al Jazeera gallery: North Korea commissions warship as Kim eyes nuclear navyPublisher: Al Jazeera | Note: Supports the Choe Hyon commissioning coverage and the ship-launched cruise-missile context. | Accessed: 2026-06-28USNI News: North Korea Commissions First-in-class Destroyer Choe HyonPublisher: USNI News | Note: Supports Nampho Shipyard as builder and the April 25, 2025 launch date. | Accessed: 2026-06-26Naval News: Heavily Armed Missile Destroyer Joins North Korean NavyPublisher: Naval News | Note: Supports the April 2025 weapons testing context and the 127 mm main gun firing image. | Accessed: 2026-06-27The Maritime Executive: North Korea Vows to Build Third Destroyer in Next 14 MonthsPublisher: The Maritime Executive | Note: Supports the Choe Hyon's 127 mm main gun firing-test context. | Accessed: 2026-06-27USNI News: North Korea Test Launches Anti-ship, Cruise Missiles from First-in-class DestroyerPublisher: USNI News | Note: Supports the Choe Hyon test-launching anti-ship missiles during April 2026 weapons trials and the reciprocal launch relationship to anti-ship missiles. | Accessed: 2026-06-27