He was accompanied on the occasion by KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon and Army General Kang Sun Nam, minister of national defense.

Kim familiarized himself with the plan of the drills being held there, which are aimed at occupying the entire territory of the southern half of the Korean peninsula, repelling the enemy’s sudden armed invasion and moving to an all-out counterattack.

The also DPRK State Affairs chairman assured that the insistent U.S.-South Korean joint maneuvers “constitute a true revelation of their plan to invade the DPRK,” KCNA added.

Kim reviewed in detail the actual operational plan documents of the EMG for the time of emergency such as the plan for using frontline gunners and strategic reserve gunners, the plan for forming the frontline in the enemy’s rear and the plan for thwarting the incorporation of the armed forces from abroad, etc.

In addition, he emphasized paying greater attention to striking a heavy blow on the enemy’s war potential and its central war command base and disabling the means of command communications to incapacitate them.

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