Pyongyang,
October 12 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a commemorative speech at the Defence
Development Exhibition on October 11.
The
following is the full text of the speech:
Comrades,
Today
we will have an opportunity to see with our own eyes how the defence capability of our glorious
motherland, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, has developed.
I
extend warm congratulations to you, who are participating in the Defence Development Exhibition, an epitome of
the advanced, modern and courageous
character of our Korea.
The
Defence Development Exhibition Self-Defence 2021 opened today is adding lustre to the celebration of this
year's anniversary of the founding of
the Workers' Party of Korea.
As
its name denotes, this exhibition is a grand festival that will demonstrate intensively and visually the
far-reaching ambition, leadership
ability and practical executive capability of our Party that is bringing
about a fresh turn in consolidating the
defence potential of our state by invariably
holding fast to the invincible line of self-defence, as well as the
level of remarkable development of our
state's defence science and munitions
industry and their bright future.
Today's
grand-scale exhibition, a crystallization of our Party's revolutionary defence policy and its robust
viability, is an epoch-making
demonstration of our national strength no less significant than a
large-scale military parade.
Comrades,
I
still remember vividly the road of do-or-die revolution in the defence industry, an untrodden road, which our Party
had to follow over the past five years,
shouldering the heavy historic mission of fostering a more powerful and absolute strength with which to
reliably defend the security of the
country and the eternal dignity, happiness and safety of posterity in line with the demands of the changed
objective and subjective conditions and
environment of our revolution and the rapidly-changing military balance worldwide.
Every
step we have taken on the road of developing our defence capability over the past five years, in which
are etched severe trials as well as
moments of emotive delight, was a step for quite a glorious and worthwhile revolution and patriotism, a step
for a great victory; we can be proud of
this in front of our Party, country, people and posterity.
We
should not be inadvertent in seeing the military hardware displayed in fine array here, which we have managed to
develop over the past five years.
The
more we stroke them and the more we see them, the greater dignity and pride we feel and the more
valuable we feel they are; they are
ours.
All
our people have rendered an unconditional and absolute support to our Party's policy of strengthening the
defence capability despite the fact that
they had to experience more severe hardships and difficulties caused by the persistent anti-DPRK schemes by the
hostile forces, who are desperate not to
see us growing stronger. But for their trust and ardent patriotism, we would never ever have
developed them.
Every
piece of those military hardware tells many unforgettable tales about our defence scientists and technicians
and workers in the munitions industry
who, following the Party, have braved all manner of difficulties on the road of defence upbuilding; it is also
permeated with the blood and sweat of
these scientists, technicians and workers, who have worked self sacrificingly by devoting their enthusiasm and
wisdom.
They
have always supported unconditionally and absolutely and accepted death-defyingly any of the demands
and determinations of our Party, and
displayed infinite loyalty and heroism on the road of accomplishing the historic cause of
strengthening our defence capability.
Availing
myself of this opportunity, I, on behalf of the Party, the government and all the people, extend warm
gratitude to the scientists,
technicians, persons of merits and all other workers in the
munitions industry, who have rendered a
contribution to achieving the outstanding,
advanced successes that were conducive to building a world-class
defence capability, the first of its
kind in the history of our Republic, and to realizing our people's long-cherished desire.
I
also extend my heartfelt gratitude to all the other people.
I
am convinced that this exhibition will be a victors' exhibition that will review our great victories, an encouraging
exhibition that will instil
inexhaustible strength and courage in the defence field and the people across
the country and an enterprising exhibition that will promote faster and more vigorous development of construction
of our style of socialism.
Comrades,
The
core of our Party's defence policy is to defend our country and people by our own efforts, and contain any
threat and challenge and reliably and
steadfastly safeguard peace by means of steadily-developing, powerful defence capability.
Historically,
our nation suffered trials owing to invasion by foreign forces and has had to build socialism under the
constant threats by hostile forces from
one century into the next.
In
view of this lesson of the history of the nation and the demand and special character of the Korean revolution,
building up national defence is an
indispensable and vital state affair which our Party, government and people must not neglect even a moment.
If
a country does not have self-defensive capability of a proper level, it will inevitably be left at the mercy of
external military threat and, worse
still, cannot safeguard the existence of itself and its people. It has
been an immutable law of nature
throughout human history.
The
rapid development of military techniques and hardware is changing the aspect of military operations and the
security environment of states in every
region in the present world.
The
military danger facing our state due to the military tension prevailing around the Korean peninsula is different from
that ten or five, nay, three years ago.
Seeing
the contents of various military exercises the United States and south Korea frequently wage on the pretext of
coping with what they call threats while
talking about peace, cooperation and prosperity in public and south Korea's attempt to modernize its
armaments which has recently become
intolerably undisguised, we can easily guess how military environment will change in the region of the
Korean peninsula tomorrow.
Recently,
south Korea has been trying to upgrade the fighting efficiency of its army under the powerful sponsorship of
the United States, bringing in a large
number of cutting-edge weapons of various kinds including stealth joint strike fighters and high
altitude unmanned reconnaissance
aircraft.
While
explicitly underlining the importance of its own defence technology after the recent revision of its missile
guidelines, it focuses on modernizing
its strike weapons of various kinds-developing various warheads and extending the ranges of missiles so as to improve
its missile capacity, whose objective is
clear, and enhancing the combat efficiency of
submarines and developing fighters.
South
Korea's such attempt is too dangerous to be left to itself, but what is more dangerous is its justification for
modernizing its armaments and its
hypocritical and brigandish double-dealing attitude.
While
doing everything they want to do, the south Korean authorities, with a view to depriving us of our
self-defensive right to develop defence
capability, volunteer to lead the anti-DPRK propaganda campaign of
the hostile forces headed by the United
States, wantonly labelling even our
tests of conventional weapons as armed provocations, threats and inappropriate deeds aggravating tensions.
They
are now using the words provocation and threat as terminologies exclusive to the north.
Trying
to put our effort to develop self-defensive capability in fetters by invoking the illegitimate UN resolutions,
they are bent on increasing military
expenditure under the so-called righteous excuse of coping with what they have unilaterally defined as threats.
Their
hypocritical attitude and the US tacit sponsorship continue to damage the inter-Korean feelings and emotions
and their unlimited, dangerous attempts
to strengthen military capability are breaking the military equilibrium in the region of the
Korean peninsula and aggravating the
military instability and danger there.
South
Korea has been unhesitant on several occasions in disclosing its ambition for securing military supremacy over
us under the preposterous excuse of deterring threat from us, and each time
justified itself with the containment of
our threat and defence of peace.
Designating
us as a source of threat and a target to be contained, not as a partner of dialogue and cooperation, is a
concentrated expression of their
deeply-ingrained hostility towards our Republic which cannot be
concealed no matter how hard they try to
pretend otherwise.
We
express deep regret over such avaricious ambition and their double dealing,
illogical and brigandish attitude that causes unfairness to and hurt the feelings of the other side; we will never
ever tolerate but respond with powerful
action if they continue to infringe upon even our right to self defence in
future.
But,
if south Korea does not find fault with us in a stubborn manner and if it does not pick a quarrel even with our
exercise of national sovereignty, I
assure that no tension will be caused on the Korean peninsula.
Were
it not for it, we will not be involved in verbal confrontation with south Korea nor have any reason to be so.
I
want to reiterate that south Korea is not the target of our armed forces.
Undoubtedly,
we are not strengthening our defence capability targeting at south Korea.
The
dreadful history of having recourse to arms against the fellow countrymen must not be repeated on this land.
I
want to make sure once again: We are not talking about a war with someone; we are building up war deterrent
true to the meaning of the words in
order to prevent the war itself and to safeguard the sovereignty of our state; our war deterrent and south
Korea's so-called capability to contain
the north are different concepts in vocabulary, meaning and essence.
Our
arch-enemy is the war itself, not south Korea, the United States or any other specific state or forces.
Therefore,
as I stated in the recent policy speech, all I want is that the authorities and the whole society of south
Korea, in their viewpoint towards the
north, get rid of their outdated and anachronistic worry and anxiety and illusory sense of mission that
the North’s threat should be contained,
and free themselves from the excessive crisis-consciousness and persecution complex as soon as possible.
We
should not judge the prevailing situation spontaneously, sentimentally or
subjectively, but approach it cool-headedly and correctly.
The
change in the military and political environment created around the Korean peninsula under the control of the
United States, let alone the excessive
military obesity and covetousness of south Korea at issue, portends much potential danger and presents
pressing need for us to develop to a
stronger entity.
Recently,
the United States has frequently sent signals that it is not hostile to our state, but its behaviours
provide us with no reason why we should
believe in them.
Sure
enough, it is not fools alone that live in the world. I wonder if there is any person or state who believes in its
claim that it is not hostile to the DPRK
and, if any, I am curious to know who they are.
The
United States is still generating regional tension with its wrong judgment and acts.
What
is clear is that the instable situation in the region of the Korean peninsula cannot be easily removed because of
the United States.
In
view of this reality, the military balance of the region may grow more perilous as the days go by and our state may
face worse security concern and menacing
situation if we, satisfied with the successes we have achieved in strengthening our national
defence, slacken our pace for a respite
on the road of development.
Under
the prevailing unstable situation on the Korean peninsula, steadily strengthening our military might to cope with
it is the demand of the times of our
revolution and the supreme duty which we have assumed for the revolution and the future.
The
reality demands that we refrain from resting on our laurels, marking time, and exert ourselves to possess the
capability and means strong enough to
control the existing concerns and threats.
The
effort to possess strong military capability should be a natural, self
defensive and mandatory right and core policy which a sovereign state should not miss either in a peaceful
environment or in a state of
confrontation.
It
is because the self-defensive power is the root of the existence of a state and a guarantee of its development.
We
will confront with a decisive and resolute attitude all kinds of despicable actions by the hostile forces that
are inciting military tension in the
region of the Korean peninsula, and will do our best to achieve durable peace in the region by ameliorating and
removing one by one the causes that are
disturbing the foundation of peaceful environment.
However,
any of our external efforts for achieving peace never means the abandonment of our right to self-defence.
Comrades,
The
Eighth Congress of the WPK has put forward the detailed tasks for making our superiority in military technology
in our hands more irreversible by
carrying out the second-stage revolution in the defence industry in the field of defence science and the munitions
industry during the five-year plan
period.
The
main contents are to further strengthen the already-gained war deterrent in terms of both quality and
quantity and further accelerate the
development and production of strategic and tactical means essential
for guaranteeing national security.
What
our Party trusts are the indomitable revolutionary spirit, remarkable patriotism and outstandingly
brilliant brains and talents of our
defence scientists and working class in the munitions industry who
create unprecedented miracles without
fail if the Party and the revolution require
them to do so and the powerful foundation of the munitions industry
firmly consolidated amidst long-lasting
hardships.
During
the days of the first-stage revolution in the defence industry our Party got a full understanding of the loyalty
and practical abilities of the defence
scientists and technicians and potential of all units and talented persons, and fostered a firm belief that the
goals of cutting-edge defence capability
can be hit as long as we have the reliable revolutionary soldiers who are ready to sacrifice their lives for
their country and fellow people.
What
strengthens this belief and makes us optimistic about the victory in the new stage is that our Party has a huge
army of up-and-coming creative young
scientists, who always carry out any intentions of the Party without any conditions with an innovative approach.
These
young talented persons are the pillars supporting the present and future of our defence industry and a source
of great strength of our Party and
state.
Along
with them, we have the proud workers in the munitions industry, who have been unfailingly faithful to the
Party and the revolutionary cause at all
times.
The
Party expects a great deal from our scientists and workers in the munitions industry.
Our
self-defence capability will keep changing in the future, too.
As
long as there are the strong will and correct leadership of our Party and there are the defence scientists and
workers in the munitions industry
unfailingly loyal to the Party and the revolution, more brilliant
successes will be scored in carrying out
our just and patriotic cause, in the course of
which more perfect, more complete and more powerful strategic
might, that is war deterrent, will
guarantee the security and future of our country and people.
Comrades,
Today's
large-scale exhibition is, of course, aimed at encouraging defence scientists and technicians and
workers in the munitions industry and
inspiring the people with fresh confidence and courage on this occasion. But the main purpose is to propel
more powerfully the development of the
country's defence capability.
We
should not rest on our laurels while looking back upon the glorious history of the defence industry, in which we
have so far built up our defence
capability satisfactorily to the level required by the stage of the developing revolution. We must think about
making a higher leap forward, regarding
the tenacious efforts and achievements we have made for more than half a century shedding blood and sweat
as a firm springboard.
The
defence industry sector should, through this exhibition, analyze and appraise its successes and level of
development in an accurate and comprehensive
way, and on the basis of this, should draw up a plan and design for the rapid development of its every
field, share the excellent experiences
gained so far and take measures for a higher and faster leap forward in the future.
We
should all bear in mind again the grand strategy for defence development set forth by the Eighth Congress
of our Party, and thus contribute to its
development with redoubled courage.
Comrades,
Our
Party has been frank enough to tell you about the requirements of the revolution and the state of situation as
they are and found great encouragement
in your steadfast attitude and ardent patriotism.
I
stress once again: It is our Party's invariable priority policy and goal and unwavering will to possess and further
strengthen the military capability which
no one would dare challenge.
All
those present here should critically analyze the situation of their sectors and units in the light of the great
successes achieved by our defence
industry, decide once again on which results they would present in front of the Party, state and people in the
future and make a fresh determination
also in the aspect of fully supporting our defence industry for its further development.
Of
course, the economic situation in the country is still difficult and other sectors must have important and pressing
tasks. All the sectors, however, should
never forget the overriding importance of consolidating the defence capability, but remember that any development
and success of our revolution is
inconceivable separated from the preferential development of the national defence capability.
Without
strong self-defence capability we can neither expect successful progress of the internal and external
policies of the Party and the government
nor think about stability and peaceful environment of the country.
All
the people, too, should support the consistent and iron will of our Party and government by regarding it as the
highest expression of patriotism to
strengthen the defence capability and rendering unsparing material and spiritual assistance to it.
We
must be powerful also for our coming generations. This is our first and foremost task.
Let
us all devote ourselves heart and soul, our wisdom and enthusiasm to the sacred cause of bolstering up in every
way the defence capability of our great
state without forgetting the pledges we made before the country, revolution and people and filled with conviction
on and confidence in sure victory.
I
once again welcome you for attending this event in which you will witness yourselves our proud military
strength.
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