Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Nuclear Weapons Institute
and Production Base for Weapon-grade Nuclear Materials
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, inspected the Nuclear Weapons
Institute and the production base of weapon-grade nuclear materials,
acquainted himself with the production of nuclear warheads and current
nuclear materials and set forth important tasks for long-term plan for
increasing the production of weapon-grade nuclear materials.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Hong Sung Mu,
first vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party
of Korea (WPK).

He highly praised the scientists, technicians and officials in the field of
nuclear weapons production for having carried out without fail the plan for
producing weapon-grade nuclear materials needed for manufacturing nuclear
warheads, cherishing the firm and steadfast revolutionary spirit and faith to
firmly defend the victorious advance of the revolutionary cause of Juche
with the strongest nuclear force.
He went round the control room of the uranium enrichment base to learn
about the overall operation of the production lines.
Being briefed on the fact that the base is dynamically producing nuclear
materials by studying, developing and introducing all the system elements
including centrifugal separators and various kinds of sensors and controllers
with its own efforts and technology, he expressed his great satisfaction over
it.
When he personally went round the worksite, he said that he felt strong to
see the worksite. He stressed the need to further augment the number of
centrifuges in order to exponentially increase the nuclear weapons for self-
defence true to the Party's line of building up nuclear armed forces, not
content with the successes and, at the same time, to further raise the
individual separation ability of the centrifuge and push forward the
introduction of a new-type centrifuge which has already reached its
completion stage as planned so as to further strengthen the foundation for
producing weapon-grade nuclear materials.

Going round the construction site for expanding the capacity for the current
production of nuclear weapons, he learned in detail about the daily plan for
assembling equipment.
Expressing great satisfaction repeatedly over the wonderful technical force
of the nuclear power field of the DPRK, he said that the WPK has set forth a
new important strategy for building up nuclear force, believing in those of
the nuclear power field who have turned out as one with their ardent mind to
open up the road of the revolutionary cause of Juche by dint of nuclear
weapons. He encouraged the nuclear scientists faithful to the Party to
unconditionally implement the Party's policy of building up nuclear force
without an inch of deflection with their strong faith and high practical
ability.
Noting that anti-DPRK nuclear threats perpetrated by the U.S. imperialists-
led vassal forces have become more undisguised and crossed the red-line, he
said the security environment facing the DPRK, the peculiarity of the
Korean revolution to constantly confront with the U.S. and contain it and
prospective threats require the DPRK to steadily expand and bolster up its
defence capability for self-defence and the capability for a preemptive attack
with the nuclear force as a pivot. He stressed again that an accelerated and
sure advance should be stepped up in the struggle to always maintain the
thoroughgoing counteraction posture of nuclear force and enhance it at the
highest level.
He called on those in the field of nuclear weapons production who assumed
the most important responsibility for the historic mission to bolster up the
nuclear war deterrence of the country in quality and quantity in a substantial
and accelerated way should exert themselves to produce nuclear weapons
and thus fulfill their sacred duty before the Party and the revolution more
creditably.
He stressed the need to set a higher long-term goal in producing nuclear
materials necessary for the manufacture of tactical nuclear weapons and
concentrate all efforts on bringing about fresh leap forward, setting forth
important tasks and orientation.
Upon receiving his on-site instructions, all the nuclear combatants made a
firm determination to make a great leap forward in implementing the Party's
line of nuclear strategy by absolutely and firmly guaranteeing the continuous
and successful birth of powerful Korean-style nuclear weapons, bearing in
mind the deep trust of Kim Jong Un who further consolidated the nuclear
arsenal which is the strongest in the world to firmly defend the independent

development of the state, the happy life and safety of the people and the rosy
road of the Juche revolution, and put forward them on the outpost of the
sacred struggle. -0-