Kim Jong-un demands workers ramp up missile production to be ‘ready for war’

North Korea's despotic leader has demanded workers at his munitions factories work faster so he can get his hands on more weapons to “annihilate” enemies.

Kim Jong-un made the dramatic decision to sack his chief of general staff Pak Su Il without warning last week.

And in doing so decided to lay into his workforce and demand production speed of weapons be ramped up – despite the country not actually being on the battlefield against anyone.

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It was after his much talked about two-day tour of weapons factories that the decision was made and, according to the Korean Central News Agency, he wants his country to have “overwhelming military force for coping with any war at any moment so as to prevent the enemies from daring to use their armed forces and surely annihilate them if they attack”.

It is thought he mainly wants missile production increased, while also calling for more armoured vehicles to be made.

One country North Korea has been leaning on when it comes to weapons and learning about them is Russia.

The two countries are known to be close and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu recently visited to check out North Korea's nuclear missiles.

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Shoigu said: “During my visit to Pyongyang, I saw personally the achievements of the people of that country in ensuring their security under the leadership of Kim Jong-un.

“Neither the international isolation nor economic sanctions have been able to stop their development.

“The development of military cooperation between the two nations corresponds to the fundamental interests of our peoples and does not pose a threat to anyone.

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“North Korea demonstrates a desire for closer ties with Russia and Moscow responds accordingly.”

Bizarrely, the cooperation between the two countries has been called the “big smile policy”.

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