Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives
Field Guidance at Major Munitions
Enterprises under Second Economy

Commission

Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- 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, gave field guidance at major munitions
enterprises under the Second Economy Commission to learn about the
production of shells and the state of machine-building industry.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Jo Chun
Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Hong Yong Chil, vice
department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Kim Yong
Hwan, president of the Academy of Defence Sciences.

He was greeted by the officials of the relevant enterprises on the spot.
Going round various places of the shell general production enterprise, he
learned in detail about the state of production and the expansion of production
capacity and the modernization.
The workers, scientists and technicians of the enterprise, who have turned out
as one in the campaign to attain the goal of modernizing the defence industry
set forth by the Party, have perfectly carried out the stepwise tasks for
modernization by carrying out technical revolution and dynamic drive for
increased production with high enthusiasm for the struggle and the manner of
creation, thus making distinguished growth speed of increasing the shell
production 4 times the average year level and nearly twice the peak-year
level.
Expressing great satisfaction over the fact that the modernization of the
enterprise, which plays a core role in bolstering up the artillery force of the
DPRK, has reached a high level and the production capacity of shells has
incomparably grown at high speed accordingly, he appreciated that it serves
as the clearest proof of the correctness and validity of the orientation of the
WPK's policy on modernizing munitions industry.

He said that this remarkable growth of productivity, which was achieved
through the combination of the production structure updated in a modern style
and innovative technology and the fighting stamina peculiar to our munitions

industry workers, takes on a very important meaning in realizing the Party's
strategy for the development of national defence, affirming that this will serve
as an important factor in increasing the basic fighting efficiency of our armed
forces.
Noting that the elated enthusiasm of the munitions industry workers and the
campaign for increased production at production sites will give further
momentum to the struggle in all fields of the national economy towards the
fulfillment of the five-year plan for national economic development, he warmly
encouraged the workers of the enterprise, hoping that they would produce
more shells to contribute to the expansion of the combat power of our armed
forces, bearing in mind that bolstering up the artillery force entirely means
strengthening the fighting efficiency of the army and perfecting the fighting
preparations.
He stressed the need for the major munitions enterprises, which are ready to
start construction or go into operation, to introduce the experience gained in
the modernization of this enterprise and accelerate the significant change in
bolstering up the armed forces of the DPRK.
He visited a machine building general enterprise and discussed with the
accompanying leading officials the new modernization goal of the enterprise
and the long-term development of the country's machine-building industry.
He underlined the need to turn the enterprise into a model mother base which
plays a pivotal and leading role in the development of the machine-building
industry of the country by carrying out to the letter the phased goals, on an
annual basis, for attaining the general goal of the report on the development
strategy for the machine-building industry of the Second Economy

Commission deliberated by the Tenth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central
Committee of the WPK.
Noting that this important task serves as a decisive guarantee for making the
DPRK's defence industry leap forward onto the world-level advanced industry
and an important work of strategic significance in cultivating the prospective
potential in the field of machine-building industry, he stressed once again the
steadfast determination of the Party Central Committee to make sure that the
historic task is strictly carried out by the appointed time.

He asked the enterprise to concentrate its efforts on developing and
producing more intelligent, high-speed, precision and multi-functional
machine-building equipment for raising the production and technical power in
the field of munitions industry of the country and various fields of national
economy.
Pointing out the shortcomings latent in some issues specified in the report on
the development strategy for the machine-building industry and the core
policy orientation for the machine-building industry to be consistently held fast
to, he assigned the task for launching practical process for the technical
upgrading of the machine-building general enterprise at the world level and
took important measures for it. -0-