North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has praised advances in tank production as part of his drive to overhaul the country’s conventional and strategic forces.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a tank factory and praised what he called “great progress” in the development of Korean-style armored vehicles.
Kim said the production of advanced tanks and armored vehicles is essential to modernizing the military and achieving the ruling party’s vision of a “second revolution in armored force.”
His visit is part of a broader effort to upgrade North Korea’s conventional forces alongside its nuclear and missile programs. In recent weeks, Kim has overseen the launch of a new naval destroyer and tests of unmanned aerial vehicles and other weapons.
U.S. and South Korean officials have expressed concerns that Pyongyang may be receiving military and technical support from Russia in exchange for supplying ammunition, missiles, and troops for the war in Ukraine, though no such cooperation has been publicly confirmed.
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