IANS | 17 Apr, 2024
The South Korean Army and Marine Corps held live-fire artillery
drills near the border with North Korea on Wednesday to bolster their
deterrence against North Korea's provocations, the Army said.
Nearly 430 troops from the Army Capital Corps and the 2nd Marine
Division attended the drill held at a shooting range in Cheorwon, 85 km
northeast of Seoul.
The artillery exercise mobilised 30 units of
K9 and K55A1 self-propelled howitzers, as well as counter-battery radars
and surveillance drones, Yonhap news agency reported.
It was
aimed at bolstering the combined operability of the Army and Marines to
better deter threats posed by North Korea, the armed service said.
North
Korea, which has one of the world's largest artillery forces, has many
long-range artillery pieces stationed within striking distance of the
wider capital area -- home to nearly half of South Korea's 50 million
people.
