North Korea's Kim orders making more missiles ahead of South Korea, US drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an increase in missile production to help secure 'overwhelming military power' and be ready for war, state media KCNA said, as South Korea and the United States gear up for annual military drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a key military factory in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on August 14, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS

Kim noted an "important goal to dramatically increase" missile production capacity to meet the needs of the expanded and strengthened frontline military units, KCNA said. There was a "very urgent need" to "exponentially increase" the production of such rockets to strengthen frontline artillery units, he said.

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