Pyongyang, August 5 (KCNA) -- The Workers' Party of Korea, which set forth the grand national defence development strategy for accomplishing the cause of building a rich country with strong army at the historic Eighth Congress, has dynamically led its implementation, thus firmly defending and vigorously directing the all-people grand advance toward comprehensive national prosperity by dint of the rapid modernization and super power of the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Thanks to the heroic struggle of the munitions workers, who have performed miracles unconditionally in hearty response to the calls of the Party and the revolution, the ultra-modern weapons and equipment that provided the Korean People's Army with invincible might in recent years make the people of the DPRK more strongly feel the pride of living in a powerful nation self-reliant in defence and the dignity of the strong, add to their confidence in the rosy future of their country guaranteed by tremendous military strength and redouble their courage.

Demonstrating the indefinite development of the national defence capabilities and the great leaps forward in modernizing the powerful army, which serve as a powerful pillar and driving force for achieving great victories successively in the future revolutionary struggle, a ceremony for transferring 250 new-type tactical ballistic missile launchers produced at major munitions industrial establishments to the frontier military units of the DPRK took place in the capital city of Pyongyang with splendor.

The workers of major munitions enterprises, fully awakened to the sense of their important mission that the increased production of military hardware precisely means the safeguarding of the national dignity and sovereignty, have waged an intensive struggle to successfully attain the important munitions production goals set forth at the Eighth Party Congress and the enlarged meetings of the Central Military Commission of the WPK. Thus, they have performed the proud feats of serially producing in a short span of time main strike military hardware indispensable for implementing the Party's military strategic idea.

A ceremony for commemorating the transfer of new-type tactical ballistic missile weapon system took place on August 4.

The venue of the ceremony where another defence asset of great value in military strategy, which will serve as the pivot military hardware in our armed forces, lined up, demonstrating peculiar figures, was filled with great pride in the dignity and mightiness of the sacred country, which will be further strengthened along with the entities of the successful second revolution in the defence industry being confidently led by the great Party Central Committee.

When 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, appeared at the venue of the ceremony, all the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers.

All the participants extended the highest glory and respect to the peerless patriot and great brilliant commander who is leading the cause of a patriotic struggle for the eternal prosperity of the country in the vanguard and ushering in a new era of a Juche-based powerful nation where a long-cherished desire of the 5 000-year-long history of the nation satisfactorily comes true.

Prior to the ceremony, Kim Jong Un looked round a new-type tactical ballistic missile launcher to be commissioned as a new pivotal attack weapon of the DPRK armed forces.

Saying that for a country, economic construction, bolstering of defence capabilities, improvement of the people's living standard, natural disaster relief, etc. are crucial affairs and main functions of the state, all of which should never be neglected, Kim Jong Un noted that to hold a ceremony of transferring the new-type weapon system, even at a time when the whole country has turned out in a campaign for recovery from flood damage, is a manifestation of the firm will of our Party to push ahead with the bolstering of defence capabilities, the fundamental guarantee for safeguarding the people and sovereignty, without stop in any circumstances, and is the invariable principled stand maintained by us in the state building.

He paid tribute to the ultra-modern military hardware comprehensively reflecting the pure conscience and noble outlook on life of the munitions industrial workers, who have regarded it as the demands of the revolution and their bounden duty to carry out the determination and plan of the Party Central Committee on rapidly bolstering up the muscle of our forces to the maximum without a moment's hesitation and stop, and upheld them with boundless revolutionary enthusiasm and fighting will, steadfast and perfect creative spirit and mettle.

The ceremony was attended by leading officials of the Party, the government and the military, officials of the Party Central Committee, defence scientists, officials, technicians and workers in the munitions industry field, and persons of merits in Pyongyang Municipality.

Also present there were the commanders of services, commanders of large combined units and service personnel of the KPA.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, courteously reported to Kim Jong Un that his special order on munitions production was successfully implemented.

The secretary mentioned that the munitions industrial officials and workers finished the production of 250 new-type tactical ballistic missile launchers, true to the strategic plan of the Party Central Committee, and were ready to transfer them to KPA units.

He said in an excited tone that the new-type tactical ballistic missile weapon system newly developed and produced by munitions industrial workers is a powerful up-to-date tactical attack weapon of our style personally designed by

Kim Jong Un and impeccably completed under his energetic guidance.

During the days of their death-defying struggle to live up to the great trust reposed by Kim Jong Un on them, the soldiers of the munitions industry learned the immutable philosophy that there is nothing impossible for them to do and they can ceaselessly achieve world-startling miraculous successes if they conduct a scientific operation and engage in absolute practice with their hearts pulsating with Kim Jong Un 's extraordinary revolutionary enthusiasm and grandiose plan, he stressed.

Making a firm pledge, in reflection of the unanimous feelings of all the soldiers of the munitions industry, to remain invariably true to their honourable duty as the soldiers of the WPK's revolutionary industry supporting the cause of building a powerful army in the great era of Kim Jong Un , he courteously reported to Kim Jong Un that they thoroughly implemented his order.

Kim Jong Un made a historic speech.

After declaring with pride that an important task specified in the practical guidelines for bolstering the military muscle, decided at the 8th WPK Congress and enlarged meetings of the Central Military Commission of the Party held in the term of the 8th Party Central Committee, has been successfully carried out, Kim Jong Un expressed warm thanks, on behalf of the Party and the government, to the workers, scientists and officials in the munitions industry field who proudly fulfilled the revolutionary task of great strategic significance in steadily bolstering up the nation's military muscle for self-defence.

On the basis of a serious analysis of the important political and military significance highlighted by the magnificent demonstration, the first of its kind ever since the foundation of our country and army, the crucial change in the military security environment facing our country, and the U.S. and its followers' ever-escalating military confrontation moves,

Kim Jong Un clarified various tasks to be fulfilled to ensure the steady development of the tremendous strength of the DPRK armed forces and the self-sufficient defence industry firmly supporting it.

Noting that independence, justice and peace are firmly guaranteed by the absolute and matchless self-defence capability, and our eternal victory, genuine peace, happiness and wellbeing ensured by the ever-growing powerful and limitless strength, he fervently called for waging an undaunted struggle and making ceaseless changes and progressive successes for the independent development of the country and peaceful and prosperous new life of its people.

The participants were greatly excited by his important speech as it clarified the wise policy and fighting guidelines for rapidly and indefinitely developing the military capabilities for self-defence for most righteously and creditably defending the present and future of the country and its people in today's cruel world where the law of the jungle prevails.

They raised loud cheers of "Hurrah!" as a token of their firm resolve to bolster up the war deterrent and the capability for fighting a war to be so overwhelming that the hostile forces dare not use their military muscle against the DPRK by equipping themselves fully with the steel-strong faith and revolutionary will of the great WPK and cementing the super power in the DPRK’s possession to be more absolute and irreversible.

Kim Jong Un gave written orders in the name of the chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK on equipping the frontier units of the KPA with new-type tactical ballistic missiles to the chief of the KPA General Staff and commanders of the frontline large combined units.

He personally awarded the colours and colours certificates of the new missile units to the commanders, political commissars and chiefs of staff of relevant units.

Stormy cheers rocked the venue of the ceremony where a great event to be specially recorded in the history of building up the Juche-oriented powerful army was witnessed.

There was a ceremony of the combined military band.

The members of the band and the guard of honor added joy and militant enthusiasm to the great auspicious event by making formation changes and showing smart rifle-handling skills to the dynamic tune of revolutionary military music.

There took place a march in procession of the frontline missile units equipped with new weapons.

Tactical ballistic missile launchers with glorious colours followed them, being reviewed by Kim Jong Un .

He paid a militant salute to the absolute weapons vividly reflecting the patriotic souls of the red defence soldiers dedicated to the sacred cause of national history to firmly bolster up the world's strongest self-defensive military muscle, and symbolizing the epoch-making improvement of the military muscle of the DPRK armed forces.

At the end of the ceremony, cheers of "Hurrah!" by the participants filled with loyalty and patriotic zeal resounded far and wide through the nocturnal sky.

Looking round the new-type weapons again together with leading officials of the Party, the government and the military, and commanding officers of the large combined units,

Kim Jong Un expressed belief that the latest weapons, another firm stepping stone for injecting vitality into the name and flag of the DPRK and remarkably enhancing its prestige, would demonstrate their might as a powerful treasured sword for defending sovereignty of the country and peace.

The commissioning ceremony of new-type tactical ballistic missile launchers, held in the presence of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un , will be recorded in history as a historic event which further strengthened the iron faith of the DPRK army and people advancing under the ever-victorious leadership of the great Party Central Committee in the validity and invincibility of their cause and their conviction in the future of the country that will be endlessly powerful and prosperous. -0-

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