The latest missile launches come as the United States and South Korea are set to kick off large-scale military exercises known as the Freedom Shield drills next week.
Kim Jong-un ordered the military to intensify drills to deter and respond to a “real war” if necessary, state media said on Friday, March 10, after the leader oversaw a fire assault drill that it said proved the country’s capabilities.off its west coast on Thursday, March 9, South Korea’s military said, adding it was analyzing possibilities the North may have launched multiple missiles simultaneously from the same area.
“[Kim] 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 said.
The latest missile launches came as the United States and South Korea were set to kick off large-scale military exercises known as the Freedom Shield drills next week. North Korea has long bristled at the allies’ drills as a rehearsal for invasion.
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