Kim Jong Un Guides Fire Drill of Ballistic Rockets

Pyongyang, September 6 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, provided field guidance to the fire drill of ballistic rockets by Hwasong artillery units of the KPA Strategic Force. Hwasong artillery units of the KPA Strategic Force were involved in the drill. Those units are tasked to strike the bases of the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces in the Pacific operational theatre in a contingency. Upon arriving at the firing site, he learned in detail about the plan for the drill and the tactical and technical specifications of the improved ballistic rockets. Then he issued an order to the commander of the Strategic Force to start the drill. The units' capability for fighting a real battle and the combat performance of the rockets were appreciated as perfect at the drill. Through the drill the Hwasong artillery units of the KPA Strategic Force demonstrated before the world their military might as a strong service capable of mounting a preemptive attack on the enemies any time and from any place. He expressed great satisfaction over the successful successive firing drill of ballistic rockets and congratulated the Hwasong artillery men of the KPA Strategic Force involved in the drill. He stressed the need to continue making miraculous achievements in bolstering up the nuclear force one after another in this historic year when Juche Korea made an eye-opening curtain raiser by succeeding in the H-bomb test and set forth tasks of bringing the military deterrent on a higher stage by developing the Juche-oriented nuclear force in every way. -0-