Reference News Network, December 26 report, according to AFP, on December 26, citing North Korean state media, North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un ordered to "expand" the country's missile production and modernize it next year, while building more factories to meet growing demand.
According to KCNA, Kim Jong-un, accompanied by senior officials, visited a weapons factory and ordered the factory to meet the "national missile and artillery force utilization needs".
Kim Jong-un said that the factories need to "further expand overall production capacity" to keep up with the demands of the Pyongyang armed forces and ordered the construction of new weapons factories.
Kim Jong-un said: "In terms of enhancing war deterrence, especially the missile and shell production departments occupy the most important position."
The report said that Pyongyang has significantly increased missile tests in recent years. Analysts say the purpose is to improve precision strike capabilities, challenge the United States and South Korea, and test weapons before possible exports to Russia.
KCNA reported that before this visit, state media said he visited a nuclear submarine factory, where he vowed to counter the "threat" posed by South Korea producing its own nuclear submarines.
According to the report, Kim Jong-un also supervised the test launch of a new high-altitude long-range air defense missile over Japanese airspace. (Translated by Yang Xinpeng)
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