North Korean number one Kim Jong Un has called for increased production of
"military nuclear material"
and the production of more powerful weapons, state media reported on Tuesday (March 28th).
This latest threat from Kim, which echoes an earlier pledge to increase nuclear weapons production
"exponentially"
, comes just ahead of the scheduled arrival of a US Navy aircraft carrier in South Korea on Tuesday.
After speaking with officials from the country's nuclear weapons institute, the leader said North Korea must be prepared to use its nuclear weapons '
anywhere and anytime'
, according to the agency official KCNA.
He also called on officials to
"develop the production of military nuclear material in the long term in order to implement in depth the plan (...) for the exponential increase in nuclear arsenals"
.
Kim also
“encouraged the continued production of powerful nuclear weapons
,” KCNA added.
When North Korea has
"perfectly"
prepared its nuclear weapons systems,
"the enemy will fear us and dare not challenge the sovereignty of our state, our system and our people
," Kim said, according to the report. same source.
