Overview
- State media said the drill used twelve high-precision 600 millimeter multiple rocket launchers with two artillery companies under Kim Jong Un’s supervision.
- KCNA claimed rounds struck an island target more than 360 kilometers away and framed the system as covering up to 420 kilometers.
- Photographs released by KCNA showed salvos fired from large vehicles and depicted Kim observing with his daughter Ju Ae.
- South Korea’s military reported several launches toward the East Sea and the presidential office condemned the action as breaching UN Security Council resolutions.
- The test followed Pyongyang’s warnings over allied drills and came hours after South Korea’s prime minister suggested a possible Trump–Kim meeting during the president’s upcoming China trip.