Photos: North Korea Conducts First Tactical Drill Simulating Nuclear Counterattack
Photos: North Korea Conducts First Tactical Drill Simulating Nuclear Counterattack
Sputnik International
On April 22, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has guided the first combined tactical drill simulating nuclear counterattack with the use of 600 mm super-large multiple rocket launchers.
Monday's drill was aimed at proving the reliability of the North Korean nuclear force and strengthening it "both in quality and quantity," a North Korean state-run news agency said.The exercise, which was attended by the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, involved "firing projectiles from a super-large multiple rocket launchers with a simulated nuclear warhead."Take a look at North Korea's first combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack in Sputnik's gallery:
On April 22, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided the first combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack with the use of 600 mm super-large multiple rocket launchers.
Monday's drill was aimed at proving the reliability of the North Korean nuclear force and strengthening it "both in quality and quantity," a North Korean state-run news agency said.
The exercise, which was attended by the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, involved "firing projectiles from a super-large multiple rocket launchers with a simulated nuclear warhead."
Take a look at North Korea's first combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack in Sputnik's gallery:
The drill consisted of various exercises for units to be acquainted with the process of switching over to a nuclear counterattack posture at a time when North Korea's Hwasanpalryong nuclear crisis system could be activated.
Kim Jong Un expressed "great satisfaction over the result of the drill," and appreciated "the high strike accuracy of the super-large multiple rocket launchers."
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![During the drill, launchers fired a salvo of missiles toward "the potential enemy," hitting an island target within a range of 352 kilometers. - Sputnik International](https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e8/04/17/1118068880_0:0:904:600_600x0_80_0_1_1c685a12b262e817a365342e1800a65c.jpg "During the drill, launchers fired a salvo of missiles toward "the potential enemy," hitting an island target within a range of 352 kilometers.")
![Kim Jong Un expressed "great satisfaction over the result of the drill," and appreciated "the high strike accuracy of the super-large multiple rocket launchers." - Sputnik International](https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e8/04/17/1118068690_0:0:904:600_600x0_80_0_1_d329d7329523c745194526caa04ed2e5.jpg "Kim Jong Un expressed "great satisfaction over the result of the drill," and appreciated "the high strike accuracy of the super-large multiple rocket launchers."")
