North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who watched the failed launch, called it a “criminal act,” that tarnished the country’s dignity.

A new North Korean naval destroyer launch ended in failure, state media reported Thursday.

North Korea’s state news agency, KCNA, said Kim Jong Un described the accident as a “criminal act caused by absolute carelessness.”

The country’s leader reportedly witnessed the failed launch, which left “some sections of the warship’s bottom crushed.”

Kim has ordered the ship to be repaired ahead of a major meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee in late June.