Overview
- State media said a long-range artillery unit fired 12 600mm ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers in a live-fire drill, claiming hits on an island target about 364 km away with 100% accuracy.
- South Korea reported about 10 ballistic missiles launched from near Pyongyang toward the East Sea on the same day.
- Kim Jong-un said the system would be used for a massive, destructive strike if deterrence fails and cited a 420 km strike range.
- Seoul’s presidential office condemned the activity as a breach of U.N. Security Council resolutions and urged Pyongyang to stop such acts.
- Analysts pointed to launcher upgrades enabling faster shoot-and-scoot tactics and linked the timing to partial U.S. air-defense redeployments and Washington’s push to restart talks.