North Korea transfers control of important military shipbuilding factory to Munitions Industry Department
Daily NK The move may suggest that North Korea will accelerate its production and deployment of SLBMs 2021.04.12 3:00pm North Korean authorities have reportedly transferred a shipyard that used to be controlled by the navy to the Munitions Industry Department (MID), raising its status to a joint enterprise. The move appeared to be part of North Korea’s efforts to accelerate the development and production of submarines and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). A high-ranking source within North Korea told Daily NK on Apr. 2 that “the Oct. 3 Factory, which used to bel...