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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Learns about Composite Carbon Fiber Material Production Process and Production of High-thrust Missile Engine

Date: 02/09/2025 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, September 2 (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 the relevant institute of the General Academy of Chemical Materials under the Missile Administration of the DPRK on September 1 and met experts in the field of the research into the composite carbon fiber material.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was told about the successes made in the research on the said material.

He acquainted himself with the test results of the institute which made the high-thrust solid-fuel engine with the composite carbon fiber material and verified the creditability of the operation of the engine and its accuracy through eight static firing tests in the past two years according to the defence science key technology development plan approved by the Ninth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK, and he discussed the issue of laying a foundation for specialized serial production in the future.

The maximum thrust of the new-type solid-fuel engine using the composite carbon fiber material is 1 960kN. The engine is to be used in the ICBM Hwasongpho-19 series and the next-generation ICBM Hwasongpho-20.

Repeatedly appreciating the development of the engine as a significant success heralding a great change in bolstering up our strategic missile forces and expanding their capabilities, Kim Jong Un made a proposal to award high-class state commendations to scientists of the relevant institute who opened a shortcut to bolstering up the strategic forces with important research result. -0-

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