The official KCNA news agency reported that Kim familiarized himself with the new model of the pistol, the production of which has just started, and assessed it as “excellent” after test firing.
— The leader expressed great satisfaction with the structural performance, accuracy and combat utility of the new gun, the agency reported, reporting on Wednesday's visit to a “large ammunition factory,” the location of which was not specified.
Kim ordered the plant to be upgraded as part of a five-year plan to strengthen defense. He emphasized the need to increase the production of small arms, which – according to him – is crucial to “strengthening the combat effectiveness” of the army, public security forces and militia.
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Kim's teenage daughter personally tested the weapon
Although the text of the KCNA cable did not mention the presence of Kim's daughter, whose age is estimated at 13, she is visible in the photos. In one of the photographs, a clear flash and flame emerge from the barrel of a gun held by a teenager, dressed like her father in a leather jacket.
South Korean intelligence and experts estimate that Dzu Ae, who appears more and more often at training grounds, is being prepared for the role of the future leader of the regime.
The visit to the small arms factory came just a day after Kim and her daughter watched a cruise missile test from a Navy ship. Earlier, the regime's media showed a teenager testing a sniper rifle.
