North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited key military factories, including a tactical missile factory, state media KCNA reported on Monday.

He said Kim “expressed satisfaction” with the “recent focus on the production of tactical missiles” and the plant’s “expansion of production capacity” during his visits last week.

According to the TsTAK, he set a “significant goal” to improve the production of missiles, praised the performance of the latest howitzer and personally drove an armored combat vehicle.

This is the latest in a series of visits by Kim Jong-un to defense installations, where he focused on the mass production of weapons.

The United States accused North Korea of ​​supplying Russia with weapons for the war in Ukraine. Deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said last month that the United States was “incredibly concerned” about their ties. North Korea and Russia deny making arms deals.

KCNA separately reported on Monday that Kim had visited “typhoon-affected areas” after Tropical Storm Hanoon swept across the Korean Peninsula last week, flooding farmland. (Reuters).