Ceremony for Celebrating Transfer of New-Type Tactical Ballistic
Missile Weapon System Takes Place with Splendor

Pyongyang, August 5 (KCNA) -- The Workers' Party of Korea, which set
forth the grand national defence development strategy for accomplishing the
cause of building a rich country with strong army at the historic Eighth
Congress, has dynamically led its implementation, thus firmly defending and
vigorously directing the all-people grand advance toward comprehensive
national prosperity by dint of the rapid modernization and super power of
the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Thanks to the heroic struggle of the munitions workers, who have performed
miracles unconditionally in hearty response to the calls of the Party and the
revolution, the ultra-modern weapons and equipment that provided the
Korean People's Army with invincible might in recent years make the people

of the DPRK more strongly feel the pride of living in a powerful nation self-
reliant in defence and the dignity of the strong, add to their confidence in the
rosy future of their country guaranteed by tremendous military strength and
redouble their courage.
Demonstrating the indefinite development of the national defence
capabilities and the great leaps forward in modernizing the powerful army,
which serve as a powerful pillar and driving force for achieving great
victories successively in the future revolutionary struggle, a ceremony for
transferring 250 new-type tactical ballistic missile launchers produced at
major munitions industrial establishments to the frontier military units of the
DPRK took place in the capital city of Pyongyang with splendor.

The workers of major munitions enterprises, fully awakened to the sense of
their important mission that the increased production of military hardware
precisely means the safeguarding of the national dignity and sovereignty,
have waged an intensive struggle to successfully attain the important
munitions production goals set forth at the Eighth Party Congress and the
enlarged meetings of the Central Military Commission of the WPK. Thus,
they have performed the proud feats of serially producing in a short span of
time main strike military hardware indispensable for implementing the
Party's military strategic idea.
A ceremony for commemorating the transfer of new-type tactical ballistic
missile weapon system took place on August 4.
The venue of the ceremony where another defence asset of great value in
military strategy, which will serve as the pivot military hardware in our

armed forces, lined up, demonstrating peculiar figures, was filled with great
pride in the dignity and mightiness of the sacred country, which will be
further strengthened along with the entities of the successful second
revolution in the defence industry being confidently led by the great Party
Central Committee.
When 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,
appeared at the venue of the ceremony, all the participants broke into
enthusiastic cheers.
All the participants extended the highest glory and respect to the peerless
patriot and great brilliant commander who is leading the cause of a patriotic
struggle for the eternal prosperity of the country in the vanguard and
ushering in a new era of a Juche-based powerful nation where a long-
cherished desire of the 5 000-year-long history of the nation satisfactorily
comes true.

Prior to the ceremony, Kim Jong Un looked round a new-type tactical
ballistic missile launcher to be commissioned as a new pivotal attack
weapon of the DPRK armed forces.
Saying that for a country, economic construction, bolstering of defence
capabilities, improvement of the people's living standard, natural disaster
relief, etc. are crucial affairs and main functions of the state, all of which
should never be neglected, Kim Jong Un noted that to hold a ceremony of
transferring the new-type weapon system, even at a time when the whole
country has turned out in a campaign for recovery from flood damage, is a
manifestation of the firm will of our Party to push ahead with the bolstering
of defence capabilities, the fundamental guarantee for safeguarding the
people and sovereignty, without stop in any circumstances, and is the
invariable principled stand maintained by us in the state building.
He paid tribute to the ultra-modern military hardware comprehensively
reflecting the pure conscience and noble outlook on life of the munitions
industrial workers, who have regarded it as the demands of the revolution
and their bounden duty to carry out the determination and plan of the Party
Central Committee on rapidly bolstering up the muscle of our forces to the
maximum without a moment's hesitation and stop, and upheld them with
boundless revolutionary enthusiasm and fighting will, steadfast and perfect
creative spirit and mettle.

The ceremony was attended by leading officials of the Party, the government
and the military, officials of the Party Central Committee, defence scientists,
officials, technicians and workers in the munitions industry field, and
persons of merits in Pyongyang Municipality.
Also present there were the commanders of services, commanders of large
combined units and service personnel of the KPA.
The national anthem of the DPRK was played.
Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, courteously
reported to Kim Jong Un that his special order on munitions production was
successfully implemented.
The secretary mentioned that the munitions industrial officials and workers
finished the production of 250 new-type tactical ballistic missile launchers,
true to the strategic plan of the Party Central Committee, and were ready to
transfer them to KPA units.
He said in an excited tone that the new-type tactical ballistic missile weapon
system newly developed and produced by munitions industrial workers is a
powerful up-to-date tactical attack weapon of our style personally designed
by
Kim Jong Un and impeccably completed under his energetic guidance.
During the days of their death-defying struggle to live up to the great trust
reposed by Kim Jong Un on them, the soldiers of the munitions industry
learned the immutable philosophy that there is nothing impossible for them
to do and they can ceaselessly achieve world-startling miraculous successes
if they conduct a scientific operation and engage in absolute practice with
their hearts pulsating with Kim Jong Un's extraordinary revolutionary
enthusiasm and grandiose plan, he stressed.
Making a firm pledge, in reflection of the unanimous feelings of all the
soldiers of the munitions industry, to remain invariably true to their
honourable duty as the soldiers of the WPK's revolutionary industry
supporting the cause of building a powerful army in the great era of Kim
Jong Un, he courteously reported to Kim Jong Un that they thoroughly
implemented his order.
Kim Jong Un made a historic speech.
After declaring with pride that an important task specified in the practical
guidelines for bolstering the military muscle, decided at the 8th WPK
Congress and enlarged meetings of the Central Military Commission of the

Party held in the term of the 8th Party Central Committee, has been
successfully carried out, Kim Jong Un expressed warm thanks, on behalf of
the Party and the government, to the workers, scientists and officials in the
munitions industry field who proudly fulfilled the revolutionary task of great
strategic significance in steadily bolstering up the nation's military muscle
for self-defence.
On the basis of a serious analysis of the important political and military
significance highlighted by the magnificent demonstration, the first of its
kind ever since the foundation of our country and army, the crucial change in
the military security environment facing our country, and the U.S. and its
followers' ever-escalating military confrontation moves,
Kim Jong Un clarified various tasks to be fulfilled to ensure the steady
development of the tremendous strength of the DPRK armed forces and the
self-sufficient defence industry firmly supporting it.
Noting that independence, justice and peace are firmly guaranteed by the
absolute and matchless self-defence capability, and our eternal victory,
genuine peace, happiness and wellbeing ensured by the ever-growing
powerful and limitless strength, he fervently called for waging an undaunted
struggle and making ceaseless changes and progressive successes for the
independent development of the country and peaceful and prosperous new
life of its people.
The participants were greatly excited by his important speech as it clarified
the wise policy and fighting guidelines for rapidly and indefinitely
developing the military capabilities for self-defence for most righteously and
creditably defending the present and future of the country and its people in
today's cruel world where the law of the jungle prevails.
They raised loud cheers of "Hurrah!" as a token of their firm resolve to
bolster up the war deterrent and the capability for fighting a war to be so
overwhelming that the hostile forces dare not use their military muscle
against the DPRK by equipping themselves fully with the steel-strong faith
and revolutionary will of the great WPK and cementing the super power in
the DPRK’s possession to be more absolute and irreversible.
Kim Jong Un gave written orders in the name of the chairman of the
Central Military Commission of the WPK on equipping the frontier units of
the KPA with new-type tactical ballistic missiles to the chief of the KPA
General Staff and commanders of the frontline large combined units.

He personally awarded the colours and colours certificates of the new
missile units to the commanders, political commissars and chiefs of staff of
relevant units.
Stormy cheers rocked the venue of the ceremony where a great event to be
specially recorded in the history of building up the Juche-oriented powerful
army was witnessed.
There was a ceremony of the combined military band.
The members of the band and the guard of honor added joy and militant
enthusiasm to the great auspicious event by making formation changes and
showing smart rifle-handling skills to the dynamic tune of revolutionary
military music.
There took place a march in procession of the frontline missile units
equipped with new weapons.
Tactical ballistic missile launchers with glorious colours followed them,
being reviewed by Kim Jong Un.
He paid a militant salute to the absolute weapons vividly reflecting the
patriotic souls of the red defence soldiers dedicated to the sacred cause of
national history to firmly bolster up the world's strongest self-defensive
military muscle, and symbolizing the epoch-making improvement of the
military muscle of the DPRK armed forces.
At the end of the ceremony, cheers of "Hurrah!" by the participants filled
with loyalty and patriotic zeal resounded far and wide through the nocturnal
sky.
Looking round the new-type weapons again together with leading officials
of the Party, the government and the military, and commanding officers of
the large combined units,
Kim Jong Un expressed belief that the latest weapons, another firm
stepping stone for injecting vitality into the name and flag of the DPRK and
remarkably enhancing its prestige, would demonstrate their might as a
powerful treasured sword for defending sovereignty of the country and
peace.
The commissioning ceremony of new-type tactical ballistic missile
launchers, held in the presence of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, will
be recorded in history as a historic event which further strengthened the iron
faith of the DPRK army and people advancing under the ever-victorious
leadership of the great Party Central Committee in the validity and

invincibility of their cause and their conviction in the future of the country
that will be endlessly powerful and prosperous. -0-