South Korea to hold live-fire drills near inter-Korean maritime border
KBS quoted a source from the South Korean Ministry of National Defense on May 27 as saying that the country's marines will conduct live-fire drills in the West Sea in June this year.
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| The South Korean Navy participates in a landing exercise (Source: AFP/VNA) |
A senior officer of the South Korean Marine Corps announced that the force will conduct a drill near the area of five islands bordering the inter-Korean border in the West Sea and is considering mobilizing equipment such as K-9 self-propelled guns for the exercise.
This is the second exercise this year to use the K-9 self-propelled gun.
Previously, on May 13 and 14, North Korea also conducted live-fire drills near the inter-Korean border in the West Sea.
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(Source: AFP/VNA)
