Pyongyang, December 26 (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, visited major munitions industry enterprises to acquaint himself with the missile and shell production in the fourth quarter of this year.

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, leading officials in the defence science research field and managers of major munitions industry enterprises.

Kim Jong Un received a report on the achievements of the missile and shell production sector in 2025 and the production in the fourth quarter.

He underlined the need to work out the production plan for 2026 in a development-oriented way to meet the prospective requirements in the operation of the state missile and artillery forces. Saying to that end, it is necessary to reinforce the technical foundations of the relevant production enterprises in a balanced way to further expand the overall production capacity, he clarified the technical and economic tasks for doing so.

He highly appreciated that major munitions industry enterprises successfully fulfilled their production plans for 2025, the last year for implementing the five-year plan set forth at the 8th Congress of the WPK, and made a pivotal and core contribution to implementing the plan for developing the defence capabilities in the period under review.

In order to satisfy the prospective demands of the missile and artillery forces of the Korean People's Army, it is necessary to continuously raise the level of modernization of the munitions industry by establishing new munitions industry enterprises as planned, the construction of which will be decided on at the 9th Congress of the WPK, and steadily updating the production structure of the existing factories in a more efficient and practical way, he said.

Saying that in particular, the missile and shell production sector is of paramount importance in bolstering up the war deterrent, he stressed that the Missile Administration of the DPRK and the relevant general bureau of the Second Economy Commission should make thorough preparations for unconditionally accepting and carrying out in a responsible manner the new modernization and production plans to be set forth at the 9th Congress of the WPK.

That day, he ratified the draft documents for modernization plan of major munitions industry enterprises to be submitted to the 9th Congress of the WPK. -0-