KPA Long-range Artillery Sub-unit in Western Area Conducts Firepower Strike Drill
Pyongyang, March 15 (KCNA) – A long-range artillery sub-unit of the Korean People’s Army in the western area conducted a firepower strike drill on March 14.
The drill involved twelve 600mm-calibre ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers and two artillery companies.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, observed the firepower strike drill on the spot.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un stated briefly that the drill was aimed at making the army do what it should do.
He said that the drill would expose the forces hostile to the DPRK, the enemies within the 420-km striking range, to uneasiness, making a signaling wave stronger than the aimed, and give them a deep understanding of the destructive power of tactical nuclear weapon.
He affirmed that the drill is a regular one for checking the DPRK’s defensive posture and war deterrence and such drill will be frequently conducted in the future, too.
He authorized Full General Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration accompanying him, to command the drill, and came out to the launching position to give an instruction on the firing method.
At the central command post, Jang Chang Ha gave an order to open fire.
Making the deafening sound rending the air, multiple rocket companies opened fire in waves.
The launched rockets battered the island target in the East Sea of Korea about 364.4 km away with the accuracy of 100 percent, proving once again the destructive capability of their concentration strike and the system’s military value once again.
After overseeing the firing drill, he spoke highly of the soldiers of the artillery sub-unit for being prepared for deftly handling the state-of-the-art multiple rocket launcher system. Then he once again praised the combat performance of the 600mm-calibre ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers, saying:
"It is indeed a very deadly yet attractive weapon.
Worldwide, there exists no tactical weapon that surpasses the performance of this weapon system.
This will be so in the coming few years.
Certainly, however, we will never mark time till that time, being content with this.
I always hold our defence scientists in respect and appreciate them for developing such a weapon system.
As I have already stated, our powerful attacking capability is, in effect, for defending ourselves.
It is because the most powerful attacking capability precisely means a reliable defence capability.
It is, in the true sense of the word, a means of deterring war.
But in case such deterrents of a defensive nature do not prevent foreign forces from launching an armed >provocation or invading our state to jeopardize the security of its sovereignty, they will immediately be used for their second mission, i.e., as a means of massive, destructive strike.
As I have said several times, if this weapon is used, the opponent’s military infrastructure within its striking range can never survive.
Our Party and the government of the Republic will maintain durable peace by means of powerful military capabilities.
Peace is something that should be defended rather than desired."
Kim Jong Un stressed the need for all units of the army at different levels to organize and wage high-intensity practical maneuvers under the simulated conditions of an actual war, true to the Party’s policy of bringing about a radical turn in training, and maintain their full response posture to thoroughly frustrate any provocation by the enemies with overwhelmingly strong power. -0-
www.kcna.kp (2026.03.15.)
http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/22497160a763c2e470e5ddc90af96fac.kcmsf
silly
within 420 km
Someone had to do it
anyone within 69 km gets a critical
“Take your kid to work”-day can take many forms
I need me some of those
While I’m sure Mr. Kim is pointing out some interesting aspect of the footage I like to imagine “HOO you see that shit? BAM!”
Nice range!
Apart from the juvenile humor, this is good news after the US taking their “defence” systems from the occupied territories.
The americans might be able to evacuate their middle east bases to avoid some missile strikes but how quickly can they evacuate a base under artillery fire?
Depends on how large the salvo and barrage is, and whether or not there is pre-existing shelters or shovels at hand
or shovels at hand
How do shovels help someone evacuate a base? Is it to just clear rubble so they can drive away more easily?
If you’re under artillery fire, and you’re still not dead, digging a quick foxhole will save you from shrapnel eviscerating you.
Ah, right, that makes sense.
I might go and practice digging in the future, I don’t think I could ever dig a hole fast enough to save my life at the moment.
Trenching tool shovels are your second best friend in a conflict. Also if you practice panic digging make sure to not do it near trees because the roots get in the way, and if a shell hits the tree it can also fragment and give you super splinters.
it also helps to know what types of soils are in your area, you don’t want to dig into a rocky soil or something that will collapse on you.
True, but panic foxhole usually aren’t that deep, just deep enough for your body to be below ground level and thus out of the splash zone of shrapnel, usually.
For a whole year, the Russians fought with shovels and stolen washing machines under unimaginably heavy fire. So Imagine what the US can do.
How do shovels help someone evacuate a base?
I’m not sure, but they can dig a hole to evacuate their bowels into
What did they aim it at an island for? What did that island ever do to them? Why’d they blow it up, just for the love of the game?
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