Kim Jong Un toured major munitions factories from Sept. 16 to Sept. 18, inspecting weapons production that included a mobile rocket launcher resembling the U.S. Army's HIMARS system, North Korean state media reported on Sept. 19.^[1] Shin Jong-woo, secretary-general of the Seoul-based Korea Defense and Security Forum, said on Sept. 19 that Kim appears to have visited factories producing 600 mm and 240 mm multiple rocket launchers as well as drones.^[7] Shin analyzed that the factories inspected are those producing the improved 600mm super-large multiple rocket launcher (5-tube), the new 240mm multiple rocket launcher, the North Korean Harop drone, and new drones.^[3] The 240mm launcher appears to have entered mass production after test evaluation, Shin said, and the new large drone is presumably being developed with a shape similar to China's Wing Loong.^[4] The launcher tied to the visit first appeared at a 2023 military parade and was first tested on May 26 alongside an upgraded 240mm guided rocket and a tactical cruise missile.^[2] The tour came the same week North Korea rejected an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution criticizing its nuclear weapons program.^[6] Analysts suggested the newly shown attack drone's design may be related to a rail-launched drone North Korea has separately tested, one that uses a small rocket booster to get airborne, based on partly obscured test images.^[5] The read here: the gap between a May 26 first test and a September mass-production claim is short, if Shin's read holds.