North Korea appears to have completed a project to modernize a major tank and missile launcher factory, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery, indicating the military could soon boost production of these weapons systems after years of delays.

State TV recently showed North Korea’s new main battle tank (MBT) being tested near the Kusong tank plant, offering the strongest evidence yet that this is the tank’s production base and that construction at the facility was related to its development. 

Besides the new MBT, Pyongyang has also tested tracked (as opposed to