North Korea held live-fire drills involving artillery and missiles, KCNA says


SEOUL, Sept ⁠14 (Reuters) - North Korea held a ⁠live-fire drill to test long-range ‌artillery and missile units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Monday.

The "joint ​firepower attack drill" on ⁠Saturday involved ⁠five army units and tested several ⁠weapon systems, ‌including various attack drones, tactical cruise missiles, ⁠tactical ballistic missiles, and large-caliber multiple ​rocket ‌launchers, KCNA said.

The drill would ⁠boost the ​morale of the troops and improve their capabilities to "completely collapse ⁠the enemy" anytime an ​order is placed, KCNA said citing an artillery director.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs ⁠of Staff said on Saturday that North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the ​sea off its ⁠east coast, followed by a joint ​military exercise among ‌South Korea, Japan and ​the United States.

(Reporting by Heejin KimEditing by Nick Zieminski)

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