Kim Jong Un inspects important tank factory and emphasizes the need to renovate army equipment.

According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 4th, Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, inspected an important tank factory in North Korea and emphasized that the most important issue in military construction and modernization of the army is to equip the army with the latest type of tanks and armored vehicles to replace armored weapons from the last century. The report said that workers and technical personnel at the North Korean National Defense Science Academy and tank factory have made significant achievements in the development of tanks, armored weapons, and improving their combat capabilities. Kim Jong-un stated that tech workers have developed an integrated power transmission device, improving the mobility of tanks, further upgrading new types of active protection systems and passive protection measures, and electronic warfare systems. These achievements signify a huge advancement in North Korean tank core technology. Kim Jong-un pointed out the need to accelerate the modernization of military-industrial enterprises and related companies, build a large-scale tank and self-propelled artillery production capability with cutting-edge technology, and promptly update the armored weapons system of North Korean armed forces.