North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an attack on a South Korean airfield and called for his troops to be ...

Experts say North Korea with its heightened testing activity and threats is trying to claim a dual ability to conduct nuclear strikes against South Korea and the U.S. The allies’ regular drills were canceled or scaled back to support diplomacy or because of the COVID-19 pandemic but they renewed them after the diplomacy collapsed and North Korea’s threats and weapons testing escalated. The South Korean and U.S. and North Korea has stalled since 2019. Some of the North’s newer short-range weapons targeting South Korea includes large-sized multiple rocket launchers that experts say blur the boundaries between artillery and ballistic missile systems. Coming off a record year in missile testing, North Korea has conducted more weapons demonstrations in 2023.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the military to intensify drills for a “real war,” state media said on Friday, after overseeing a “fire assault.

North Korea's KCNA news agency said a unit trained for “strike missions” fired a “powerful volley at the targeted waters” and demonstrated its capability to “counter an actual war.” Kim examined the “actual war response posture” of the eighth fire assault company. “He stressed that the fire assault sub-units should be strictly prepared for the greatest perfection in carrying out the two strategic missions, that is, first to deter war and second to take the initiative in war, by steadily intensifying various simulated drills for real war ...,” KCNA added. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the military to intensify drills for a “real war,” state media said on Friday, after overseeing a “fire assault drill” that it said proved the country's capability to counter an “actual war.”

North Korean leader makes call just days before US and South Korea are due to start their largest drills since 2018.

The Kim regime may order missile firings of longer ranges, attempt a spy satellite launch, demonstrate a solid-fuel engine and perhaps even conduct a nuclear test.” Pyongyang has long portrayed any drills involving the two countries’ armed forces as rehearsals for invasion. The launchers were lined up along a coastal forested area.

Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a military drill that fired off “a powerful volley” of at least six missiles simulating a strike on enemy airports, ...

Photos accompanying the report in the North’s official Korean Central News Agency showed that Kim, senior officials and his young daughter — who has been seen with her father at a number of major events — had observed the launches of at least six missiles that appeared to have been fired at the same time. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen a military drill that fired off “a powerful volley” of missiles simulating a strike on enemy airports, state-run media said Friday, just days ahead of large-scale joint military exercises between South Korea and the U.S.

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Photographs showed Kim and his daughter accompanied by uniformed officers as they watched an artillery unit fire a volley of missiles.

"It looks like Ju Ae's appearance in events related to the North's nuclear or missile developments... She is regarded by some experts as Kim's de facto heir. While inspecting the drills, Kim told soldiers to be prepared for "two strategic missions, that is, first to deter war and second to take the initiative in war", according to KCNA.

Kim Jong-un orders military to intensify drills to deter and respond to "real war" if necessary, state media say, after leader oversees drill simulating ...

Some of the North's newer short-range weapons targeting South Korea includes large-sized multiple rocket launchers that experts say blur the boundaries between artillery and ballistic missile systems. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff was assessing whether more missiles may have been launched simultaneously. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an attack on a South Korean airfield and called for his troops to be ready to respond to the enemies' "frantic war preparation moves" — apparently referring to the recent series of military drills between the United States and South Korea.

It comes a day after South Korea's military detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile toward the sea.

The South Korean and US militaries will conduct computer-simulated command post training from March 13-23 and will resume their largest springtime field exercises, which were last held in 2018. Some of the North’s newer short-range weapons targeting South Korea include large-sized multiple rocket launchers which experts say blur the boundaries between artillery and ballistic missile systems. Diplomacy between the US and North Korea has stalled since 2019. Coming off a record year in missile testing, North Korea has conducted additional weapons demonstrations in 2023. She has appeared at several events tied to his military since first being showcased at a missile test launch in November. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Mr Kim urged his troops to be prepared to “overwhelmingly respond to and contain” the military action of the North’s enemies, which he said are proceeding with “all sorts of more frantic war preparation moves”.