Overview
- State media says Kim Jong-un oversaw a strike drill using 12 600mm ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers and two artillery companies.
- KCNA reports the rockets hit an island target roughly 364.4 km away with “100 percent” accuracy and touts a 420 km striking range.
- Kim warns the system would be used for a “massive, destructive strike” if deterrence fails and signals such drills will be conducted frequently.
- South Korea earlier detected about 10 ballistic missiles launched toward the East Sea from near Pyongyang and called the activity a provocation that violates U.N. Security Council resolutions.
- Photos show Kim’s teenage daughter, Kim Ju-ae, at the test as experts note the large 600mm launchers blur the line between artillery and ballistic missiles and are claimed by Pyongyang to be nuclear-capable.