26-05-2023, 08:46 AM
More than 600 weapons systems, including the latest fighter jets, tanks and drones, as well as 2,500 troops from South Korea and the United States participated, Thursday, in the first leg of their largest-ever live-fire ordnance drills.
According to the Ministry of National Defense, the event was part of celebrations for the 75th anniversary of South Korea's military and the 70th anniversary of the Seoul-Washington alliance that was forged in the crucible of war on the Korean Peninsula.
Last week, its official North Korean Central News Agency expressed its derision and contempt, saying it would be risible to conduct 'destruction' drills against "a nuclear-power state."
"A crazy tumult created by the United States and its warmongering followers would be met with a corresponding response," the broadcaster said. "It is a legitimate right of a sovereign state to arm itself with powerful measures for self-defense against potential threats under the grave circumstances."
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According to the Ministry of National Defense, the event was part of celebrations for the 75th anniversary of South Korea's military and the 70th anniversary of the Seoul-Washington alliance that was forged in the crucible of war on the Korean Peninsula.
Last week, its official North Korean Central News Agency expressed its derision and contempt, saying it would be risible to conduct 'destruction' drills against "a nuclear-power state."
"A crazy tumult created by the United States and its warmongering followers would be met with a corresponding response," the broadcaster said. "It is a legitimate right of a sovereign state to arm itself with powerful measures for self-defense against potential threats under the grave circumstances."
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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/...51708.html