North Korea’s Kim calls for boosting missile launch vehicle production -KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for boosting production of various missile launch vehicles, calling it an important task to prepare for a "military showdown" with the enemy, state media reported on Friday. Visiting a transporter erector launcher (TEL) manufacturing factory, Kim said producing various vehicles for tactical and strategic weapons was a key task in bolstering the nuclear war deterrent of the country, KCNA news agency reported. "Stressing that the factory's position and role are very important … 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," KCNA said.