A long-range artillery sub-unit of the Korean People's Army in a western area conducted a firepower strike drill on March 14.

Enlisted in the drill were twelve 600mm-calibre ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers and two artillery batteries.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, oversaw the drill on the spot.

Comrade Kim Jong Un stated briefly that the drill was aimed at making the army do what it should do.

He said that the drill would make the forces hostile to the DPRK, the enemies within the 420km striking range, feel uneasy, with the power stronger than the aimed one, and give them a deep understanding of the destructive power of our tactical nuclear weapon.

He affirmed that the drill is a regular one for checking the DPRK's defensive posture and war deterrent and such drill will be frequently conducted in the future, too.

He authorized Full General Jang Chang Ha, general director of the Missile Administration accompanying him, to command the drill, and came out to the launching position to give instructions on the firing method.

At the central command post, Jang Chang Ha gave an order to open fire.

Making a deafening sound rending the air, the multiple rocket batteries opened fire in waves.

The launched rockets battered the target island in the East Sea of Korea 364.4km away with the accuracy of 100 percent, proving once again the destructive capability of their concentration strike and the system's military value once again.

After overseeing the firing drill, Kim Jong Un spoke highly of the soldiers of the artillery sub-unit for being prepared for skilfully handling the state-of-the-art multiple rocket launcher system. Then he once again praised the combat performance of the 600mm-calibre ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers, saying:

"It is indeed a very deadly yet attractive weapon.

“Worldwide, there exists no tactical weapon that surpasses the performance of this weapon system.

“This will be so in the coming few years.

“Certainly, however, we will never mark time till that time, being content with this.

“I always hold our defence scientists in respect and appreciate them for developing such a weapon system.

“As I have already stated, our powerful attacking capability is, in effect, for defending ourselves.

“It is because the most powerful attacking capability precisely means a reliable defence capability.

“It is, in the true sense of the word, a means of deterring war.

“But in case such deterrents of a defensive nature do not prevent foreign forces from launching an armed provocation or invading our state to jeopardize the security of its sovereignty, they will immediately be used for their second mission, i.e., as a means of massive, destructive strike.

“As I have said several times, if this weapon is used, the opponent's military infrastructure within its striking range can never survive.

“Our Party and the government of the Republic will maintain durable peace by means of powerful military capabilities.

“Peace is something that should be defended rather than desired."

Kim Jong Un stressed the need for the army units at all levels to organize and wage high-intensity practical manoeuvres under the simulated conditions of an actual war, true to the Party's policy of bringing about a radical turn in training, and maintain their full response posture to thoroughly frustrate any provocation by the enemies with overwhelmingly great power.