North Korean leader monitors ‘actual war’ drill
SOUTH KOREA: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw a live-fire
artillery drill aimed at simulating an “actual war”, state media said
Tuesday, a day after South Korea swore in its first female president.
“An endless barrage of shells were fired by artillery pieces on
'enemy positions', their roar rocking heaven and earth, and all of them
were enveloped in flames,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
“Feasting his eyes at the 'enemy positions' in flames, (Kim) was
satisfied,” the official agency added.
KCNA gave no precise time or location for the drill, but its
announcement followed Monday's presidential inauguration in the South,
at which new leader Park Geun-Hye signalled a zero-tolerance policy to
provocation by North Korea.
According to KCNA, Kim ordered the live fire exercise to test the
capability of artillery units “to fight an actual war”.
It marked the latest in a series of high-profile military inspections
by Kim following the North's nuclear test earlier this month.
Last week Kim oversaw an air force demonstration, a paratrooper drill
and a separate tactical attack exercise combined with live shell firing.
AFP
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