Key Takeaways
- North Korea’s top leader, Kim Jong Un, guided multiple rocket launcher demonstrations in response to South Korea’s moves infringing upon its sovereignty.
- The demonstrations were designed to show the consequences of provoking North Korea and to deter war.
- North Korea’s nuclear forces are being prepared to perform their mission of deterring war and taking the initiative in sudden situations.
Pyongyang: North Korea’s super-large multiple rocket units conducted a power demonstration firing under the order of its top leader in response to South Korea’s moves infringing upon its sovereignty. According to the KCNA report, this occurred on Friday.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of North Korea, said that the salvo firing was designed to show “what consequences our rivals will face if they provoke us,” the KCNA report said.
Kim called on North Korean nuclear forces to be more thoroughly prepared to perform its mission of deterring war and taking the initiative in the war at any time and in sudden situations.
