Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on August 23 conducted the firing of two types of new air defence missiles of improved version at different targets to test their combat capability.
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 firing.
He was accompanied by Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kim Jong Sik, first deputy department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, Air Chief Marshal Kim Kwang Hyok, commander of the Air Force of the Korean People's Army, and Kim Yong Hwan, president of the DPRK Academy of Defence Sciences.
Through the firing, it has been assessed that the new air defence missile weapon systems have superior combat capability of fast response to various aerial targets such as attack drones and cruise missiles and their operation and reaction mode is based on unique and special technology.
The firing particularly proved that the technological features of two types of projectiles are very suitable for destroying various aerial targets.
That day, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un indicated an important task to be carried out by the sector of national defence science of the DPRK ahead of the Party Congress. -0-
www.kcna.kp (2025.08.24.)
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