N Korea’s Kim supervises “super-large” rocket firing drill

Kim Jong Un observing the test-fire exercise. Pic/AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised an artillery demonstration drill of "super-large multiple rocket" launchers aimed at South Korea, Pyongyang state media said on Friday.

The development comes a day after South Korea said North Korea fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday and days after an unsuccessful satellite rocket launch by Pyongyang.

Kim directly gave an order to organize the "power demonstration firing" that took place Thursday in response to the South Korean Army's show of force against North Korea's legitimate exercise of its sovereign rights, according to KCNA as cited by Yonhap.

The drill aimed to show that North Korea will not "hesitate to carry out a preemptive attack by invoking the right to self-defence," the news agency added.

South Korean military said yesterday that it detected the launch of around 10 short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang's Sunan area, adding they flew about 350 kilometers before falling into the East Sea, also known as.

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