On this occasion, all the people recollect with deep emotion the undying feats of the peerlessly great man who has reliably defended the destiny of the country and people and Korean-style socialism by giving top priority to the building of the national defence capabilities.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un set the unchallenged military edge of the DPRK as an inevitable requirement of the developing revolution to cope with the ever-increasing imperialists' moves for a war of aggression and has successfully provided the overwhelming weapons of the Korean revolution one by one.

Powerful tactical guided weapons of Korean style, which are put on a highly precise and intelligent basis, came into being in a short span of time, and the first H-bomb test, test-fire of various attack means and nuclear warhead explosion test were successfully conducted in Juche 105 (2016) alone.

The test-fire of ICBM Hwasong-14 was successfully conducted on July 4, 2017, with the success in static firing test of high-thrust motor of Korean style. The great success of the second test-fire constituted a world event and miraculous victory of July 28.

Witnessed was the "great November event" in which the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force was successfully accomplished through the successful test-fire of ICBM Hwasong-15 on November 29, 2017.

In October 2019, the DPRK's strategic position was remarkably improved as the scientists in the field of national defence succeeded in the test-fire of new-type SLBM Pukguksong-3.

After the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), our defence industry entered a higher stage of development.

The prestige of the DPRK was fully demonstrated through the Defence Development Exhibition Self-Defence-2021 held in October 2021.

The successful test-fire of new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-17, conducted on March 24, 2022, helped the world keenly realize once again the absolute strength and military might of Juche Korea.

The 7th Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly adopted a law on the policy of the state nuclear forces in September 2022.

The U.S. imperialists staged provocative large-scale joint military exercises to persistently block the DPRK's legitimate bolstering up of its military capabilities for self-defence, seriously threatening the stability and peace on the Korean peninsula.

The test-fire of new-type ICBM by the strategic force of the DPRK was conducted on Nov. 18 amid the strict implementation of the top-priority strategy of the Party and the DPRK government for building up national defence.

The last day of 2022, the garden of the office building of the Party Central Committee was decorated with immortal scenes unprecedented in history since the foundation of the DPRK and the founding of the WPK.

The military parade held in February this significant year to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Korean People's Army clearly showed once again the stamina of the matchless strong army to the whole world.

This year, too, the Central Military Commission of the WPK made sure that the Hwasongpho-17 launching drill was staged on March 16 under the grave situation in which the U.S.-led hostile forces were getting more undisguised in their moves.

The newly developed underwater strategic weapon system, named Unmanned Underwater Nuclear Attack Craft "Haeil", succeeded in several tests, stunning the enemies.

The successful test-fire of new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-18 on April 13, 2023 powerfully demonstrated the DPRK's rapid speed of building strategic force and its powerful military technical muscle before the whole world.