Kim Jong Un inspected one of North Korea’s two biggest nuclear-capable warships as it conducted its first publicly reported navigation test on Friday, marking a long-awaited milestone for a warship whose development was thrown into doubt after it capsized during a botched launch a year ago.

Accompanied by senior ruling party, military and weapons development officials, Kim oversaw a navigation test of the naval destroyer Kang Kon and expressed satisfaction with its cruise and high-speed maneuvering systems, the ruling party-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Saturday.

Photos showed Kim, along with his daughter and the accompanying officials, boarding the warship and