North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has conducted a three-day inspection of major North Korean arms factories, including those that produce large-caliber multiple rocket launchers and cruise missile engines, state media reported on Sunday.
The three-day inspection concluded on Saturday, when Kim would have visited the factories in order to “learn about the implementation of the central objective of the North Korean policy on the munitions industry,” according to the state agency KCNA today. In the shared images Per KCNA, Kim can be seen dressed in white clothing and supervising the work of the factories along with other members of his party, where he would have emphasized the importance of carrying out “war preparations to modernize the small arms that the units will carry. From first line”.
Kim also called for “continuously increasing the performance and reliability of missile engines” and “rapidly expanding its production capacity,” KCNA said. The North Korean leader’s visit comes a week after he took part in a grand military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, displaying intercontinental ballistic missiles and drones.
On that occasion, North Korea displayed the fruits of its weapons modernization program, including its longer-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), the Hwasong-17, and the even more sophisticated Hwasong-18, which uses solid fuel and was tested by second time on July 12 from the outskirts of Pyongyang. It also showed other of its newest assets, until now not included before in its increasingly regular military parades in the capital, such as the new drones and unmanned aircraft of New development.
Tension between South Korea, its neighbor to the North and the United States is at one of its highest points since denuclearization negotiations with the North Korean regime failed, which since last year has intensified its missile tests in line with the review of its defense strategy.
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