Pyongyang, September 13 (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, oversaw the test-fire for verifying the performance of a new-type 600mm multiple rocket launcher.
A defence industrial enterprise under the Second Economy Commission developed and produced the new-type 600mm multiple rocket launcher of which performance has improved as required by the army’s application of operation.
The test was conducted, aiming at further developing the launcher’s driving system and verifying the combat effectiveness of the launcher in which the whole process of firepower is fully automated.
The excellent combat performance of the launcher was clearly proved and was popular among service personnel through the driving test and volley test.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appreciated the superior of the newly-developed launcher in terms of mobility and efficiency as compared with the existing ones.
The shells for multiple rocket launcher hit the target on an island in the East Sea.
Present at the test were Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, and Jang Chang Ha, director general of the Missile Administration of the DPRK. -0-
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