SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his teenage daughter, observed a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems, state media reported on Sunday (Mar 15), a likely response to ongoing US-South Korean military training that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim watched the strike drill involving twelve 600mm-calibre, ultraprecision rocket launchers off North Korea’s east coast on Saturday.
South Korea’s military said on Saturday that it detected about 10 ballistic missiles fired from North Korea’s capital region toward the eastern sea. South Korea’s national security council called the launches a provocation that violated UN Security Council resolutions that bans any ballistic activities by North Korea.
KCNA cited Kim as saying that the drill would expose enemies within the 420km striking range, to “uneasiness” and give them “a deep understanding of the destructive power of tactical nuclear weapon,” KCNA said. He apparently referred to South Korea and US troops stationed in South Korea.
“If this weapon is used, the opponent’s military infrastructure within its striking range can never survive,” Kim said, according to KCNA.
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