Kim Jong Un visits arms factories, vows to speed up war preparations

Seoul. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited the country’s key weapons production facilities, including factories producing artillery and launch vehicles for nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, and vowed to step up war preparations and efforts to equip his military with modern weapons. took. Kim’s three-day visit comes as the US and South Korea prepare to begin the next phase of joint military drills this month to counter the growing threat from North Korea. Tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula due to North Korea’s missile test and joint US-South Korea military exercises.

Kim describes these military exercises as invasion exercises. Some experts believe that Kim’s visit to the arms factories could be linked to possible military cooperation with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has appealed to other countries to cooperate in the war against Ukraine, under which North Korea can supply arms and ammunition to Moscow. According to North Korea’s official ‘Korean Central News Agency’, Kim emphasized the “important responsibilities and functions of the factory in North Korea’s war preparedness” during an inspection of an unnamed factory producing large-caliber artillery.

According to KCNA, Kim praised the factory’s efforts to take “scientific and technological steps” to improve the quality of rounds, shorten the manufacturing period of propellant tubes, and speed up manufacturing, but added that new types of rounds have not been developed. also stressed the need for At another factory, Kim said increasing the supply of vehicles to the military is a top priority and praised the workers for laying a “solid foundation” for production. Kim also visited a small arms factory and stressed the need to upgrade the weapons being used by the troops. Kim is trying to strengthen his partnership with Russia and China in view of increasing confrontation with America and South Korea. At the same time, he is challenging attempts to isolate himself diplomatically and is trying to join a united front against the US.

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