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Increase of Defense Capability Called for

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, January 18 (KCNA) -- The joint New Year editorial said that the defence industry is the foundation of the nation's military and economic potentials. It is a strategic primary task of the revolution and construction to augment the military potential of the country and further develop the defence industry now that the U.S. imperialists are escalating their moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article. It goes on:
    Generally speaking, the military might provides an important guarantee for defending the dignity and security of the country and the nation and protecting the revolutionary achievements from the moves of the imperialists.
    The present situation clearly indicates it is only defence industry that serves as a foundation providing a sure material and technical guarantee for the military might of the country.
    The defence industry does not simply uses the material wealth created in the field of civilian industry but serves as a foundation for augmenting the economic potential of the country by giving a strong impetus to the development of the social production.
    Therefore, the defence industry plays an important role in the development of overall national economy.
    The science and technology introduced to the defence industry before any other fields are bound to be transferred to different fields of national economy including heavy industry to promote economic progress.
    The most important task for further developing the defense industry at present is to implement the line of economic construction in the Songun era to the letter.
    The Workers' Party of Korea put forward this line as required by the present era in which the U.S. imperialists have gone into extremes in their moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK. Therefore, the line has become a strategic line that should be always held fast to as long as imperialism remains on our planet.
    The thorough implementation of the above-mentioned line provides a sure guarantee for defending the sovereignty and dignity of the country and giving full play to the advantages and might of socialism