North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during trials. File photo SEUL, Apr 17 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected tests of a new tactical guided weapon system that should increase the effectiveness of the country's tactical nuclear weapons, the tests were successful, the DPRK Central News Agency (CTAC) reports. «This new type of tactical guided weapon system, developed with the special attention of the Central Committee, is of great importance for the rapid improvement of the firepower of front-line long-range artillery units and for increasing the effectiveness of the use of tactical nuclear weapons by the DPRK and diversifying the tasks of its firepower,» the KCNA statement says. Together with Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-sik, deputy head of the department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Jong-sik, the command staff of the DPRK Ministry of Defense and the commanders of large formations of the Korean People's Army watched the tests. The test was successful, Kim Jong-un praised the results of scientific research in the defense field, and also gave instructions for «further strengthening the country's defense capability and nuclear combat forces.» honored the memory of his grandfather Kim Il Sung in honor of the 110th anniversary of his birth.
