{"id":30418,"date":"2023-03-10T02:48:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/10\/north-korean-leader-supervises-troops-simulating-attack-on-south\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:28:47","slug":"north-korean-leader-supervises-troops-simulating-attack-on-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/03\/10\/north-korean-leader-supervises-troops-simulating-attack-on-south\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean leader supervises troops simulating attack on South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an attack on a South Korean airfield and called for his troops to be ready to respond to the enemies\u2019 \u201cfrantic war preparation moves\u201d \u2014 apparently referring to the recent series of military drills between the United States and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Korean state media report Friday came a day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2023\/03\/09\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-toward-sea-seoul-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea\u2019s military detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile<\/a> toward the sea from a site near the western coastal city of Nampo. The South\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff was assessing whether more missiles may have been launched simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States has recently sent long-range B-1B and B-52 bombers for several rounds of joint aerial drills with South Korean warplanes. The allies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/03\/05\/us-south-korea-announce-largest-field-exercises-in-5-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">are also preparing this month for their biggest combined field training exercise in years<\/a> to counter the growing threat of Kim\u2019s growing nuclear arsenal. North Korea views regular U.S.-South Korean military exercises as invasion rehearsals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pyongyang\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim urged his troops to be prepared to \u201coverwhelmingly respond to and contain\u201d the military action of the North\u2019s enemies, which he said were proceeding with \u201call sorts of more frantic war preparation moves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said frontline units should sharpen their capabilities to carry out their two main \u201cstrategic missions, that is, first to deter war and second to take the initiative in war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/03\/05\/us-south-korea-announce-largest-field-exercises-in-5-years\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23062354872903.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US, South Korea announce largest field exercises in five years<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The 11-day Freedom Shield is part of an annual combined training with troops from South Korea and the United States which is scheduled this month.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s Unification Ministry later Friday urged North Korea to stop raising tensions with \u201creckless nuclear and missile programs and military provocations.\u201d Vice spokesperson Lee Hyo-jung told reporters that North Korea must focus instead on caring for people\u2019s livelihoods and take a path toward building peace on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KCNA report did not specify what types of weapons were involved in Thursday\u2019s exercise or how many rockets were fired. Some of the North\u2019s newer short-range weapons targeting South Korea includes large-sized multiple rocket launchers that experts say blur the boundaries between artillery and ballistic missile systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea describes some of its more advanced short-range systems as tactical weapons, which implies an intent to arm them with lower-yield battlefield nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts say the North with the wording is communicating a threat to proactively use those weapons during conventional warfare to blunt the stronger conventional forces of South Korea and the United States, which keeps about 28,000 troops in South Korea to help deter potential aggression from North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim\u2019s comments were in line with an escalatory nuclear doctrine the North set into law last year, which authorizes preemptive nuclear strikes in situations where it may perceive its leadership as under threat, including conventional clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos published by North Korea\u2019s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed at least six rockets being fired from launch vehicles lined up in an unspecified coastal forest area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim watched the firings from an observation post along with military officials and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-jong-un-daughter-0f63dce62701c725e45ca55907c4e216\" target=\"_blank\">his daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae and around 10 years old.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2114\" height=\"1410\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23068811967104.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with his daughter, inspects what it says is an artillery drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-106458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23068811967104.jpg.jpg 2114w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23068811967104.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23068811967104.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23068811967104.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23068811967104.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23068811967104.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2114px) 100vw, 2114px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with his daughter, inspects what it says is an artillery drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &#8220;KCNA&#8221; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has appeared at several events tied to his military since first being showcased at an ICBM test launch in November, and analysts believe the events and elevated descriptions of her in state media are meant to show the world he has no intention to voluntarily surrender his nuclear weapons, which he apparently sees as the strongest guarantee of his survival and the extension of his family\u2019s dynastic rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming off a record year in missile testing, North Korea has conducted additional weapons demonstrations in 2023. Experts say North Korea with its heightened testing activity and threats is trying to claim a dual ability to conduct nuclear strikes against South Korea and the U.S. mainland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim\u2019s campaign is aimed at forcing the United States into accepting the North as a nuclear power and negotiating badly needed economic concessions from a position of strength, analysts say. Diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea has stalled since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South Korean and U.S. militaries will conduct computer-simulated command post training March 13-23 and will resume their largest springtime field exercises, which were last held in 2018. The allies\u2019 regular drills were canceled or scaled back to support diplomacy or because of the COVID-19 pandemic but they renewed them after the diplomacy collapsed and North Korea\u2019s threats and weapons testing escalated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader\u2019s powerful sister and one of Pyongyang\u2019s top foreign policy officials, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-us-military-drills-missile-tests-f7ca4b6a19e4aecf2205950ced0e00db\" target=\"_blank\">warned that her country is ready if necessary to take \u201cquick, overwhelming action\u201d in the face of the allies\u2019 expanded drills.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In previous statements, she threatened to turn the Pacific into North Korea\u2019s firing range and repeatedly implied that the North might test-fire an ICBM toward those waters on a standard ballistic trajectory, which would be seen as one of its most provocative 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