SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited several major arms factories this week, including facilities producing engines for strategic cruise missiles, and called for increased weapons production, state media reported on Sunday. READ:
The three-day inspection of the factories comes less than two weeks after Kim attended a major military parade with Russian and Chinese officials, showcasing North Korea's newest weapons, including intercontinental ballistic missiles and spy drones.Kim visited a factory producing engines for armed unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as production lines of shells for super-large-caliber multiple rocket launchers and transporter-erector-launchers, the Korean Central News Agency reported.
This picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on August 6, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doing a test shooting of a new series of firearm, during a visit to a major munitions factory at an undisclosed location in North Korea. AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNSKim also highlighted the modernization of small arms as 'the most important and urgent matter in making war preparations . . . in keeping with the changed aspect of war,' the agency reported.
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