North Korea's leader orders stronger strike power after long-range missile tests
Tehran (KNA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the military to boost its strike capability a day after he directed a successful long-range strike drill amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the United States.
Kim "stressed the need to further increase the capability of the defense units in the forefront area and on the western front to carry out combat tasks and keep full combat posture to cope with any emergency," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday.
He noted "genuine peace and security of the country are guaranteed only by the strong physical force capable of defending its sovereignty," it said, adding Kim "set forth important tasks for further increasing the strike ability."
Kim observed long-range missile test
Kim's call for "full combat posture" came a day after he observed the test fire of two long-range ballistic weapons that were initially presumed to be short range missiles.
Source: PressTV