North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the increased production of precision-guided missiles that could eventually replace currently used rocket artillery systems during a Saturday factory visit, flagging the deployment of the system to key military units beginning in the first half of this year.

Kim toured an undisclosed munitions factory producing “multipurpose precision-guided weapons,” inspecting the production status of tactical guided weapons, the North Korean party daily Rodong Sinmun reported on Sunday.

Inspecting the precision-guided missiles at the factory, he noted the system’s military potential, suggesting that these weapons could “replace rocket artillery systems in the future.” The