SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen firing drills by artillery units in the western region involving 'newly-equipped super-large' multiple rocket launchers, state media KCNA said on Tuesday (March 19).
A training of the fire division, guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un , is held in North Korea, March 18, 2024, in this picture released on March 19, 2024, by the Korean Central News Agency.SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen firing drills by artillery units in the western region involving "newly-equipped super-large" multiple rocket launchers, state media KCNA said on Tuesday .
Kim guided the drills on Monday that were aimed at testing the "real war capabilities" of 600 millimetre multiple rocket launchers and improving the operators' combat morale and readiness posture, KCNA said. The unit displayed "high mobility and accurate and strong striking power" in carrying out a sudden combat mission, eliciting the young leader's praise, it said.
Kim called for modernising and scaling up artillery forces, highlighting the 600 mm rocket launchers' "strategic duties as the core central striking means" in war preparations.
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