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North Korean leader Kim and his daughter try out new pistols at shooting range
Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter tested a newly produced pistol to boost North Korea's light arms production under a five-year defense modernization plan, state media said.
- On March 11, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a light munitions factory and fired pistols with his daughter at the indoor shooting range, state media showed.
- Kim emphasized the expansion and modernization of light-arms factories to strengthen 'the combat efficiency of the army, public security forces and militia forces', KCNA reported.
- State media said he reviewed a new pistol that recently entered production based on a design approved last month by the party's central military commission and rated its performance excellent.
- Kim ordered establishment of a new production line under the five-year plan and set an extended meeting next month to review munitions-factory modernization and budgets for the munitions companies.
- Analysts note Kim Ju-ae, believed to be about 13, has appeared more at military events, and the visit followed a Tuesday naval cruise-missile test with her father.
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