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Giving Priority to National Defence Industry Called for

KCNA

    Pyongyang, November 12 (KCNA) -- The main idea of the line of economic construction in the Songun era is to give priority to developing the national defence industry. This is a scientific line as it most correctly reflects the requirements of the times and revolution, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. It goes on:
    One may live without sweets but would not survive without bullets. This is the present reality in Korea. To struggle to contain and foil the imperialists' policy of strength and aggression and protect the sovereignty of the country and the nation and socialism means protecting the supreme interests of the state and the basic interests of the revolution.
    Leader Kim Jong Il saw to it that primary attention was always paid to the national defence build-up and big efforts were channelled into it, carrying forward President Kim Il Sung's military thought and exploits. Kim Jong Il embodied the Songun political mode and took important measures to further develop the national defence industry.
    The Korean people are now vigorously pushing forward the building of a great prosperous powerful nation despite the imperialists' vicious challenges and moves to isolate and stifle the country as they have a reliable national defence industry built their own way under his leadership.
    Underscoring the need to implement the line of economic construction in the Songun era as a strategic line of building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation and channel all efforts into giving priority to developing the national defence industry, the article calls for putting the modernization of the whole army and the work to put all people under arms on a new higher level.
    Strengthening the independent character of the national defence national industry and putting it on a modern and IT basis is one of the important issues in giving priority to the development of the national defence industry.
    It stands out as the primary strategic task for the revolution and construction in each country to boost the military muscle and develop the national defence industry as long as the imperialists persist in their moves for aggression.