The museum's opening ceremony was held last Sunday to mark the 81st founding anniversary of the Workers' Party, which fell on Oct. 10, according to the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Kim toured the museum along with senior party and military officials and vowed to continue developing and strengthening the country's military arsenal. His wife Ri Sol-ju and daughter Ju-ae also attended the ceremony.
KCNA quoted Kim as describing the museum as a "precious monument" that could be built only by a powerful state and people capable of defending themselves.
He said it was the party's "due obligation" to develop North Korea's defense industry into the world’s most powerful, adding that the country's weapons, based on the "juche" or self-reliance ideological doctrine, would continue to be developed alongside an expansion of the museum's scale and exhibits.
Photos released by state media showed an array of weapons and military equipment on display, ranging from combat gear to drones, missiles and multiple rocket launchers.
The exhibits also included the Hwasong-20 ICBM, which is under development, a new submarine-launched ballistic missile and 600-millimeter super-large multiple rocket launchers, displayed alongside world maps suggesting they could reach the U.S. mainland, the Middle East and South America.
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