At a time when the dynamic drive for bolstering up the country’s defence capabilities is being accelerated in every way, the missile industry sector developed new-type high-thrust solid-fuel motors for medium-range ballistic missiles of important strategic significance again and successfully conducted the first static firing test of the first-stage motor on November 11 and the first static firing test of the second-stage motor on November 14.
As they deliberated on the long-term plan for modernizing the DPRK’s defence capabilities prompted by the ever-changing unstable situation and security environment in the region, the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Fourth Enlarged Meeting of the Eighth Central Military Commission of the WPK set it as an important task facing the missile industry sector to newly upgrade the medium-range ballistic missile together with ICBM Hwasongpho-18 in the 2023 defence science and weapon system development plan.
The recent tests were aimed at evaluating the technical specifications of the newly developed high-thrust solid-fuel motors for MRBMs.
The first static firing tests of the first- and second-stage motors produced very satisfactory results, clearly verifying once again the reliability and stability of the already-secured designing and manufacturing technical capabilities of the field of Korean-style high-thrust solid-fuel engines.
The tests provided a sure guarantee for reliably stepping up the development of new-type MRBM weapon systems.
The Missile Administration of the DPRK attached great significance to the development of new-type MRBMs, saying that the recent tests constitute an essential process for further enhancing the strategic offensive capability of the DPRK’s armed forces to cope with the grave and unstable security environment facing the country and the future military situation in the region envisaging more vicious military conspiracy of the enemy.
Workshops of Information Workers Held in Provinces, Cities and Counties
Workshops of information workers took place at provincial, city and county Party committees in the Democratic People’s Republic
May 12, 2024
Workshops of information workers took place at provincial, city and county Party committees in the Democratic People’s Republic
