South Korea conducted a massive artillery drill near the demilitarized zone in a bid to warn the North against any future provocations as Pyongyang slammed the United States for deploying stealth bombers to Guam.
The South Korean exercises were held Thursday, a day prior to the one-year anniversary of North Korean shelling that took place after Kim Jong Un declared a "quasi-state of war" last August, Yonhap reported.
South Korea deployed 300 pieces of artillery from 49 artillery battalions. K-9, K-55 self-propelled howitzers participated in the exercises, according to Seoul's defense ministry.
The shelling took place last August after tensions escalated in the wake of land mine explosions that injured two South Korean border guards.
Pyongyang had denied responsibility for the incident but the two sides agreed to end tensions after North Korea had agreed to express "regret" over the explosions and Seoul agreed to suspend loudspeaker broadcasts across the DMZ...
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18/8/16
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The South Korean exercises were held Thursday, a day prior to the one-year anniversary of North Korean shelling that took place after Kim Jong Un declared a "quasi-state of war" last August, Yonhap reported.
South Korea deployed 300 pieces of artillery from 49 artillery battalions. K-9, K-55 self-propelled howitzers participated in the exercises, according to Seoul's defense ministry.
The shelling took place last August after tensions escalated in the wake of land mine explosions that injured two South Korean border guards.
Pyongyang had denied responsibility for the incident but the two sides agreed to end tensions after North Korea had agreed to express "regret" over the explosions and Seoul agreed to suspend loudspeaker broadcasts across the DMZ...
[upi.com]
18/8/16
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