Kim Jong Un visits naval unit, inspects cruise missile test

Sol: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a naval unit and observed a cruise missile test on the warship. South Korea and the US have started their annual joint military exercises. This information was given by the state media of Pyongyang on Monday. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), without disclosing the date of his visit, said Kim visited a navy fleet assigned to guard the east coast and demonstrated the strategic cruise missiles to sailors on a patrol ship. Nachug saw while drilling.

The drill was aimed at verifying the combat performance of the ship and the characterization of its missile systems and skilling the sailors to carry out assault missions in real combat, the ship performed flawlessly, a news agency report said. Worked on the target fast. The KCNA report said. Pictures carried by North Korean state media showed the missile being fired from patrol ship No. 661, with Kim watching the scene from aboard a separate vessel.

Kim pledged to strengthen the North’s navy to build a powerful service group with improved combat efficiency and modern means of surface and underwater offensive and defensive capabilities. Meanwhile, South Korea and the US on Monday began the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, which includes a computer simulation-based command post exercise, concurrent field training and various contingency exercises such as the Ulchi Civil Defense exercise.

This exercise will continue till 31 August. Kim’s inspection has raised hopes that North Korea may carry out major provocations, such as the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), to counter joint military exercises. North Korea has long denounced the Seoul-Washington military drills as rehearsals for invasion.