{"id":31065,"date":"2021-11-07T17:28:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T17:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/07\/north-korea-stages-artillery-firing-drill-in-latest-weapons-test\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:13:46","slug":"north-korea-stages-artillery-firing-drill-in-latest-weapons-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/07\/north-korea-stages-artillery-firing-drill-in-latest-weapons-test\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea stages artillery firing drill in latest weapons test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) \u2014 North Korea has conducted artillery firing exercises to bolster its defense capability, state media reported Sunday, its latest weapons test as Pyongyang continues to pressure Washington and Seoul to abandon what it calls their hostile policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An artillery firing competition among mechanized units was held on Saturday, with senior government and military officials present, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader Kim Jong Un was not mentioned in the report, suggesting he did not observe the training. He supervised a similar artillery firing drill last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s drills were designed to inspect the mechanized units\u2019 progress in their mobile combat capabilities and to further intensify competitive training throughout the North\u2019s military, KCNA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t