US-ROK Combined Exercise UFS Response... "Occupation of Southern Half"
Kim Jong Un Visits Command Post to Direct All-Army Command Training
"Strike Enemy Command Early in Operation... Must Break Their Morale"

North Korea has launched a full military command exercise aimed at 'occupying South Korea' in response to the second half of the South Korea-U.S. joint exercise 'Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS)'. Chairman Kim Jong Un personally visited the command post and criticized South Korea and the United States as 'military gangsters.' This is the first time that North Korea has revealed that it has conducted a full military command exercise simulating an all-out war.


Korean Central News Agency reported, "The General Staff of the Korean People's Army organized a full military command exercise starting from the 29th in response to the provocative and extremely dangerous large-scale joint exercises conducted by the United States and the 'Republic of Korea' military gangsters, simulating an all-out war against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," and "Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the training command post of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army on the 29th and grasped the progress of the full military command exercise," it announced on the 31st.


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Naval Command Operations Center <br>[Photo by Yonhap News]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Naval Command Operations Center
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The agency explained, "Comrade Kim Jong Un received a report from the Chief of the General Staff on the enemy's and friendly forces' expected actions and intentions according to the hourly and phased situations in the event of war, and specifically grasped the organization and progress status of the full military command exercise." It added that Chairman Kim reviewed practical operational plan documents such as the frontline and strategic reserve artillery utilization plan, enemy rear frontline formation plan, and overseas military intervention disruption plan in case of emergency.


North Korea introduced the goal of this exercise as "repelling the enemy's unjust armed invasion and transitioning to a full-scale counterattack to occupy the entire southern half territory." It is presumed that North Korea conducted a 'command post exercise simulating an all-out war' in response to the South Korea-U.S. joint UFS exercise, which corresponds to a command post exercise. This is the first report of North Korea conducting such a form of full military command exercise.


According to the agency, Chairman Kim emphasized, "At the early stage of the operation, focus maximum attention on delivering a severe blow to the enemy's war potential and the enemy's war command centers, paralyzing command and communication means to break their spirit from the start, causing confusion in combat actions, and paralyzing the enemy's will and ability to conduct war." Specifically, he ordered, "Simultaneously deliver ultra-strong strikes to the enemy's central military command bases, naval ports, operational airfields, and key elements that can cause repeated social, political, and economic chaos," and "Firmly seize strategic initiative by organically combining and applying continuous mop-up operations and frontline attack operations by various strike means, and disruption operations in the enemy's rear."



North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Naval Command Operations Center <br>[Photo by Yonhap News]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Naval Command Operations Center
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Chairman Kim stated, "The busy military movements and frequently conducted expanded and various military exercises by the United States and the 'Republic of Korea' military gangsters are an undeniable exposure of their anti-Republic invasion attempts," emphasizing the response. North Korean authorities declared, "The combat confidence of the Korean People's Army, which has embraced the great military guidelines of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, has increased a hundredfold, and if given the order, the will to mercilessly annihilate the enemy and conquer the entire southern half territory is boiling like lava."


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