Dienstag, 26. Februar 2013

North Korean Leader Oversees “Actual War” Drill

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un monitored a live-fire artillery dri aimed at simulating an "actual war".

"An endles barrage o shells were fired by artillery piece on enem positions, thei roar rocking heaven and earth, and a of them were enveloped i flames," th Korean Centra News Agency (KCNA) said. "Feasting his eyes at the 'enemy positions' in flames, (Kim) wa satisfied," the official agency added.

KCNA gave no precise time or location for the drill, but it announcement followed Monday's presidential inauguration in th South for the new leader Park Geun-Hye. According to KCNA, Kim ordered the live fire exercise to test th capability of artillery units "to fight an actual war."

It marked the latest in a series of high-profile military inspections by Kim following the North's nuclear test earlier this month. Last week Kim oversaw an air force demonstration, a paratroop dri and a separate tactical attack exercise combined with live shell firing.

In her inauguration speech, the South’s Park demanded that Pyongyang "abandon its nuclear ambitions" immediately and warned that th North's test was a challenge to the future survival of the Korean people

While promising to pursue the trust-building policy with Pyongyang tha she had promised in her campaign, Park stressed she would neve compromise South Korea's national security.