North Korea has conducted a combined "firepower attack drill" deploying long-range artillery, tactical missiles, and attack drones, state media reported.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) confirmed that the live-fire exercises took place on Saturday and involved selected subunits from five artillery and missile joint units across all levels of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
The drill followed reports from the South Korean military that Pyongyang fired multiple ballistic missiles on Saturday from the eastern coastal area of Wonsan toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.
The launches took place a day after South Korea, the United States, and Japan concluded five days of joint trilateral naval exercises.
According to KCNA, the manoeuvres were guided by KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, alongside Major General Yu Chang Son, director of the KPA General Staff's Artillery Bureau.
The official report noted that the drill deployed advanced combat hardware, including various attack drones, tactical cruise missiles, large-calibre thermal-pressure multiple rocket launchers, and tactical ballistic missiles.
KCNA claimed the weapon systems "demonstrated the huge destructive power of concentration fire by hitting the targets with 100 percent hit accuracy", ensuring both structural unity and simultaneity of attack.
