On September 8, the General Missile Administration of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted a ground test of a high-thrust engine made of composite carbon-fiber materials and using solid fuel.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and President of State Affairs of the DPRK, watched the test.
Comrade Kim Jong Un appraised the development of the high-thrust solid-fuel carbon-fiber engine as a remarkable achievement of utmost strategic significance in the recent efforts to modernize national defense technology. He said it heralds a fundamental shift in expanding and strengthening the DPRK’s nuclear strategic armed forces.
He put forward important tasks and directions in relation to the strategic plan of the Party and the government for the expansion and development of the country’s nuclear armed forces.