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N. Korea opens new defense museum featuring ICBMs, other advanced weaponry

North Korea has opened a new defense museum featuring a wide range of weaponry, including its new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), with leader Kim Jong-un in attendance, state media reported Tuesday. An opening ceremony of the National Defense Revolution Museum took place Sunday, according to the Korean Central News Agency, on the occasion of the 81st founding anniversary of the…

N. Korea opens new defense museum featuring ICBMs, other advanced weaponry

North Korea inaugurated its new defense museum, showcasing an array of advanced weaponry, including its latest intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), on Tuesday. The National Defense Revolution Museum's opening ceremony was held on Sunday, coinciding with the 81st founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on October 10.

Kim Jong-un, the country's leader, attended the event alongside members of the party's central leadership, the secretaries of the WPK central committee, commanding officers of the North's national defense ministry, and his wife and daughter, Ju-ae.

Kim Jong-un regarded the new defense museum as a "revolutionary treasure" that can only be owned by the WPK and a "precious monument" built by a powerful state and people with absolute strength capable of defending themselves. He stressed that it was a "due obligation" of the WPK to develop the defense industry into the most formidable one.

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