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The drill, carried out on Thursday, involved units near the border that are in firing range of “the enemy's capital,” KCNA said, referring to the South Korean capital of nearly 10 million residents and added it “fulfilled important military missions for war deterrence”. The JCS said it was monitoring the North's military activities as joint drills conducted by South Korean and US militaries are underway. The drills, known as the Freedom Shield exercises, began on Monday with twice the number of troops joining compared to last year.North Korea has also made “multiple attempts” to jam GPS signals near the border in South Korea since Tuesday, the JCS said in a separate statement, adding no damage was caused but warning of consequences.
Kim urged the military to push forward with preparations so the artillery sub-units could “take the initiative with merciless and rapid strikes at the moment of their entry into an actual war”.“He stressed the need to train all the artillery men of the whole army into experts in artillery engagement ... and set forth important tasks for rounding off the artillery war preparations,” the report said, referring to the leader of the reclusive state.