North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has guided a firing drill of artillery units in Western Area, which are in charge of an important firing, equipped with super-large multiple rocket launchers, one of the core striking means of the new generation of the Korean People’s Army (KPA).
The drill was aimed at proving the might and the real war capabilities of the weapon system through the sudden maneuvers and salvos of the sub units of 600mm multiple rocket launchers, raising the combat morale of artillerymen of multiple rocket launchers and checking and enhancing the readiness posture, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday.
Going round the firing positions, Kim Jong Un acquainted himself with the automatic fire control system, the combat deployment time and tactical data of the transporter erector launchers, and watched the artillery men’s handling of equipment.
After being briefed on the firing plan of the super-large multiple rocket launcher battery at an observation post, he gave an instruction to conduct the drill.
He called for fully preparing long-range artillerymen as the main combatants and main force of the war to annihilate the enemy without hesitation according to their duty in an emergency.
