SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the country’s new missile production line, state media reported, ahead of his visit to China to attend Beijing’s massive military parade.

Kim toured a munitions factory on Sunday and said ‘missile production capacity has rapidly been increased’ in the country, an ally of Moscow.

During his visit Kim also ratified ‘three new long-term plans related to missile production capacity’, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.

Pyongyang has sent missiles and other weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine, along with thousands of troops, according to South Korean and Western intelligence agencies.

China, meanwhile, has historically been the biggest diplomatic, economic and political backer of North Korea, which remains under crippling international sanctions…”