North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw a live-fire artillery drill aimed at simulating an "actual war", state media said Tuesday, a day after South Korea swore in its first female president.Ahah. No doubt an opfor exercise...
"An endless barrage
So they were exercising the logistics necessary to keep artillery at expenditure levels, and the batteries were no doubt jumping to new positions every few barrages to avoid counterbattery fire...
of shells were fired by artillery pieces on 'enemy positions', their roar rocking heaven and earth,
Artillery makes really loud "booms" when it fires.
and all of them were enveloped in flames," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Oh. Okay. Were they shooting back? What was the attrition level? Were they exercising maneuver under fire? How about combined arms? How about operational maneuver groups? Or has Baby Jong Il gotten that far in Military Science for Dummies?
"Feasting his eyes at the 'enemy positions' in flames, (Kim) was satisfied," the official agency added.
No doubt. But in "actual war" conditions there's an exchange of fire. Sometimes it's your own positions that go up in flames. I doubt Baby Jong Il would be happy with that.
KCNA gave no precise time or location for the drill, but its announcement followed Monday's presidential inauguration in the South, at which new leader Park Geun-Hye signaled a zero-tolerance policy to North Korea provocation.
Just about as subtle as a poke in the eye...
According to KCNA, Kim ordered the live fire exercise to test the capability of artillery units "to fight an actual war."
Isn't that why artillery does exercise regularly?
It marked the latest in a series of high-profile military inspections by Kim following the North's nuclear test earlier this month.
Field Guidance of the Songun Army First Juche forces...
Last week Kim oversaw an air force demonstration, a paratroop drill and a separate tactical attack exercise combined with live shell firing.
Wow.