The exercises were held on March 18 and 19 to substantially bolster the country’s war deterrence and nuclear counterattack capability and let relevant units get familiar with the procedures and processes for implementing their tactical nuclear attack missions, KCNA said.

KCNA noted that the combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack by the units for the operation of tactical nukes was carried out under the tense situation in which “a large-scale war drill is being frantically scaled up by the U.S.-south Korean allied forces to invade the DPRK and U.S. nuclear strategic assets are massively brought to south Korea.”

“The drill also aimed to demonstrate our tougher will to make an actual war response and send a stronger warning to the enemy who expands their war drills for aggression and takes a series of military actions strong in their offensive nature, getting undisguised in their explicit attempt to unleash a war against the DPRK in disregard of its repeated warnings,” KCNA said, adding that 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”, guided the combined tactical drill for a nuclear counterattack. (ILKHA)