THE EMBASSY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SWITZERLAND
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No 47/26
1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Destroyer Choe Hyon and Observes Test of Assessing Its Maneuverability
2. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Major Munitions Industry Enterprise
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Destroyer Choe Hyon and Observes Test of Assessing Its Maneuverability
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- The 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, on May 7 visited the Destroyer Choe Hyon and observed the test to make a general assessment of its maneuverability before its commissioning.
Accompanying him were 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, Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the Navy, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences, Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau, and leading officials in the national defence and warship-building sectors.
Comrade Kim Jong Un boarded the Destroyer Choe Hyon to learn about a navigation plan for the test.
He highly appreciated the successes made by the crew members of the destroyer in their training to fully equip with the professional qualifications to operate the new-type destroyer, a combination of modern military and technical capabilities.
He went round the combined control center, weapon system control room and other combat duty spaces and elements of the destroyer to learn about its operational preparations.
A navigation test to assess various maneuvering elements of the destroyer was conducted with Comrade Kim Jong Un in presence in the West Sea of Korea 120 n·miles away from the shore.
The crew members of the destroyer were in full excitement and high morale as they had the honor of making a voyage in the presence of Comrade Kim Jong Un again.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed satisfaction over the fact that the combat maneuverability of the warship agreed with the operational requirements and the advantages of the warship control system of our own style were proved.
Appreciating that all the tests for the operational commissioning of the destroyer were progressing smoothly, he ordered to hand over it to the navy in oncoming mid-June as planned.
He laid down the position, disposition and operational duty of new-type destroyers under construction and clarified a series of tasks to be carried out by the Navy for them.
He specially stressed the important tasks related to the establishment of a new naval base.
At a consultative meeting with officials in the warship-building sector on the day, Comrade Kim Jong Un received a report on the results of examination over the design changes and the newly-planned weapon system of the warships Nos. 3 and 4 under construction and made an important conclusion. He particularly stressed the meaning that our new decision on the revised and changed warship building plan is of a crucial strategic nature and such decision will fundamentally update the readiness of our army's strategic action while bringing about a great change in the building of war deterrent.
He said that we have reliable and powerful defence research group and the shipbuilding industry, expressing great expectation and belief that new decision tasks will be carried out without fail by their irresistible might of self-reliance.
Reaffirming the steadfast will of our Party to build a powerful navy at any cost, he mentioned the long-term plan for navy building and some planned work.
On the same day, he sat together with all the seamen of the destroyer and encouraged their unusual pride and self-confidence in carrying on the honorable duty, stressing the need to continuously put spurs to the training with a sense of important duty and a high sense of responsibility in order to remarkably increase the combat capability.
He had a significant photo taken with the seamen of the destroyer on the deck of the warship.
The seamen, who were honored to see Comrade Kim Jong Un and received great glory and trust from him again, made a firm determination to reliably defend our country's maritime sovereignty and remain faithful to their original and sacred mission of taking charge a part of war deterrent by actively conducting intense training to possess the tremendous capability for an actual war as befitting the brave seamen of our Party.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance at Major Munitions Industry Enterprise
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- The 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, on May 6 visited a major munitions industry enterprise and acquainted himself with the production of major weapons and combat equipment in the first half of the year.
Accompanying him were Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the C.C., WPK, Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence, Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence and director of the General Armaments Bureau, Yu Chang Son, director of the Artillery Bureau of the General Staff, Kim Myong Son, director of the Armaments Examination Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, and Kim Yong Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences.
Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about the production of new-type self-propelled gun-howitzers for three battalions to be deployed at the long-range artillery unit in the southern borderline within this year under the decision of the First Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK.
He heard in detail the opinions of experts on the results of various traveling, topographical overcoming and submergence crossing test of the new-type 155 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer carriage and the test-fire of improved shell conducted under the supplementary test plan.
He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the research group and the working class in the field of defence sciences have made signal successes in manufacturing new-generation artillery weapon with very high mobility and striking power.
He extended militant encouragement to the workers at the enterprise who are waging a dynamic labor struggle to attain the set artillery weapon production goal, registering high results every day with the bold creation stamina and revolutionary spirit, true to the idea and decision of the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee.
Appreciating the advantage of the new-type 155 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer system being produced at the enterprise for the first time, Comrade Kim Jong Un mentioned about its military and strategic value.
He said that the striking range of this large-caliber rifled gun for the frontline units to newly equip themselves, along with various operational and tactical missile systems and powerful multiple rocket launcher systems, is over 60 km and such rapid extension of striking range and remarkable improvement of striking capability will provide a great change and advantage in the land operations of our army. And he added that we should redefine the operational concept of the use of forces and equipment on the basis of the actual conditions in which new weapons and equipment are being introduced.
He said that the new-type artillery weapon system with superior mobility, high combat environment information processing capability and automatic firing system will bring about a radical improvement in the composition of our artillery force and have an important significance in implementing the Party's military strategic policy on bolstering up the long-range artillery force.
Referring to some defects latent in the composition of production system, processing district and arrangement of equipment at the enterprise, he gave an instruction on working out a plan to introduce an automatic streamlined production system based on a more efficient and innovative idea.
He stressed the need to always pay deep attention to constantly improving the production conditions and environment.
That day, Comrade Kim Jong Un inspected a new-type main battle tank and various launchers which are being produced by the Armored Weapons Institute and several munitions industry enterprises.
He said that it is urgent to technically remodel into an ultra-modern level in the shortest period the major munitions industry enterprises, which are in a key position in the work to improve the modernity of our armed forces, and to build up a modern production and management system, adding that the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK will examine and approve the plans for technical renovation of the relevant munitions industry enterprises and the related budget.
He reaffirmed that the year 2026 will also record an unprecedented upgrade in the course of struggle for bolstering up the national defence capability of the country, calling for achieving signal successes every day by making strenuous efforts to bolster up the national defence capability, the most vivid expression of patriotism.
Comrade Kim Jong Un's on-site guidance over the defence field on the day is an important occasion in increasing the country's defence capabilities in a practical way.