North Korean leader inspects factory producing launchers for solid-fuel ICBMs

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a factory producing mobile launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), stressing the need to strengthen the country's nuclear deterrence for a "military showdown" with its enemy, state media reported Friday, Report informs citing Yonhap.

During the visit, Kim ordered measures to expand the capacity to produce major transporter erector launchers (TELs), stressing that the factory plays an important role in bolstering the country's defense capabilities, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). It did not specify the date of his visit.

"Given the prevailing grave situation that requires the country to be more firmly prepared for a military showdown with the enemy, he indicated the tasks to be fulfilled by the factory," the KCNA said in an English-language dispatch.