N. Korean Leader Inspects Newly-inaugurated Combined Missile Production Line of Major Munitions Enterprise

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, went round the newly-inaugurated combined missile production line of a major munitions enterprise to learn about the overall condition of the state missile production capacity and its prospect on August 31.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration of the DPRK, managers of major missile production enterprises and members of the non-permanent committee for modernizing the defence industry.

Kim Jong Un appreciated that the plan for expanding the missile production capacity ordered by the Eighth Congress of the WPK to meet the long-term demands for the operation of the state missile forces has been successfully fulfilled by this year, the last year of the Five-Year Plan, and various kinds of missiles were put into serial production, saying that this result would be the most important core and strategic success achieved by the munitions industry field in carrying out the plan for developing the defence capability during the period under review.

Kim Jong Un learned in detail about the newly designed automated assembly-line missile production system.

He was greatly satisfied to hear the report that the automated assembly-line production system was established with the process of preparing materials, the process of manufacturing all components of the airframe and the equipment specialized in precision processing, measuring and assembling different parts, thus increasing the productivity and ensuring qualitative character of the products in a scientific and technical way.

He noted that the state missile production capacity has rapidly been increased and a sure guarantee has been provided for raising the fixed quantity for major missile units according to plan as a result of the establishment of the modern production line capable of meeting the long-term demand of the development-oriented missile forces of our army. He said that the eye-opening change has been made in the struggle for implementing the Party's core defence building policy on strengthening the missile forces, adding that this is a clear fruition of the remarkably increased spiritual strength, wisdom and enthusiasm of our research group and workers in the field of defence science.

He stressed that the missile production sector should be fully prepared to unconditionally accept and fully implement the new long-term production goals set forth by the Ninth Congress of the Party.

That day, he ratified three new long-term plans related to missile production capacity and the draft for defence expenditure on the plans.

The senior officials of the Missile Administration and major missile production enterprises pledged to uphold our Party's cause of building a powerful army by producing many more powerful war deterrents.