General Secretary Kim Jong Un’s Revolutionary Activities

Respected Comrade 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, acquainted himself with the production at major munitions industry enterprises from September 16 to 18.

He was accompanied by Vice-Chairman Pak Jong Chon and member Kim Jong Sik of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, Ri Pyong Chol, Ri Il Hwan, Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jae Ryong and O Yong Jae, who are cadres of the Central Committee of the WPK, and leading officials in the sector of defence science research.

Comrade Kim Jong Un learned in detail about the production at each enterprise.

In hearty response to the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK, the major munitions industry enterprises turned out in attaining the new year's production goals. They are steadily heightening their revolutionary enthusiasm and making upsurge in production, recording high results every day.

Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly encouraged the workers who are reliably ensuring the radical growth of our munitions industry and its more self-supporting and advanced development through their energetic and devoted labour struggle, always full of a revolutionary zeal.

He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the major munitions industry enterprises are fulfilling their plans for the production of combat technical equipment on the most important indices of urgent military significance in a responsible manner without fail and, as a result, the grand plans issued by the Party Central Military Commission are being successfully carried out one by one.

He praised the enterprises for carrying on without an inch of deflection the projects for expanding the production capacity assigned by the Party to meet the requirements of the general plan for reorganizing and modernizing the artillery combat force of our army.

Stressing that the fulfilment of this year's production plans is most essential in implementing the new five-year plan aimed at fresh progress and leap forward in the building of a powerful army and the defence industry, he said that the enterprises should continue to consolidate the current trend in production and dynamically and simultaneously conduct a series of technical infrastructure reinforcements for promoting the long-term munitions production plans.

He said that the building of powerful artillery forces constitutes the core in deterring and fighting a war, adding that our artillery should have the most concentrated and destructive, massive and versatile offensive capability and responsibly perform the two missions of deterring and fighting a war. He stressed that the achievements we have recently made in all fields to modernize all components of the national defence capability including artillery indicate a significant change in the composition and means of our armed forces and their plan for countering a war. Stating that the enemy's military systems would gradually be worn out and become useless by the actions of the irresistible might which we have already possessed or will soon possess, he said that the munitions industry enterprises at all levels under the Second Economy Commission should play a bigger role in carrying out the strategic policy of the Party on building the most powerful army and the country's munitions industry should be further expanded and strengthened.

He said that the significance of the successes in production at the major munitions industry enterprises does not merely lie in the increased production itself, but its weighty significance lies in that it is undoubtedly a fruit of the will and efforts of the workers to defend the security of our national sovereignty, and this constitutes a great contribution to the state, indeed.

Stressing that major munitions industry enterprises have assumed a very pivotal role to play in steadily augmenting the country's war deterrent and war fighting capability, he encouraged them to vigorously continue their patriotic production drive for uninterruptedly equipping our army with the most powerful and overwhelming strategic strength.

He clarified important policy-oriented tasks to be undertaken in the enterprises' production and management, including those of steadily accelerating the expansion of production capacity and the modernization of technical lines, raising the AI level of offensive and defensive combat weapons systems, putting the armouring and automation of artillery weapons on a higher stage and further improving the production conditions and environment.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed expectations and belief that all the officials, technicians and workers serving at important core factories would continue to fully display their inherent creative spirit and fighting traits and thus powerfully propel the radical strengthening of our armed forces.