North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new “tactical missile weapon system” for the Korean People’s Army (KPA) as it prepares for war, state media reported Wednesday. 

Kim linked the military “breakthrough” to an overall production plan North Korea’s armed forces are supposed to complete by the end of the year. KPA artillery units “tasked with an important firing duty” will reportedly receive the new weapon system.

The Rodong Sinmunadded that the DPRK’s defense industry enterprises under the Second Economic Commission tasked with overseas sales of military equipment have fulfilled the production plan for the first half of