North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds a weapon during his three-day inspection at a major munitions factories in North Korea (KCNA via KNS)
The Independent: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un orders increase in arms factory capacity for ‘war readiness’, state media reports
Kim Jong-un calls for rapid expansion in ‘production’ during a visit to a factory producing engines for cruise missiles and drones.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has asked his country’s key weapons factories to boost their arsenal capacity and perfect the “war readiness” as he toured the facilities producing artillery systems and launchpads for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, state media reported on Sunday.
The reclusive leader called for “rapidly expanding production” during his visit to a factory that produces engines for cruise missiles and drones.
The 39-year-old supreme leader complimented workers of an unspecified factory manufacturing launcher trucks for establishing a “solid foundation” for production but asked for the supply of the vehicles to be ramped up as a top priority for the military, reported North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un Orders Increase In Arms Factory Capacity For ‘War Readiness’
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