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Description: Tensions Rise Amid , US-South Korea , Military Drills.<br/>'Newsweek' reports that North Korea has issued <br/>a clear warning to the United States and South <br/>Korea in response to annual joint military exercises. .<br/>'Newsweek' reports that North Korea has issued <br/>a clear warning to the United States and South <br/>Korea in response to annual joint military exercises. .<br/>On March 4, the U.S. and South Korea began Freedom <br/>Shield, prompting North Korea to carry out large-scale <br/>artillery drills along the country's western coast.<br/>On March 4, the U.S. and South Korea began Freedom <br/>Shield, prompting North Korea to carry out large-scale <br/>artillery drills along the country's western coast.<br/>The large-scale war drills staged <br/>by the world's biggest nuclear weapons <br/>state ... in the Korean Peninsula, where <br/>a nuclear war may be ignited even with <br/>a spark, can never be called 'defensive.', Korean Central News Agency, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>North Korea's long-range artillery display <br/>is meant to reinforce perception of the <br/>nation's formidable military capabilities. .<br/>The North Korean provocations that <br/>Kim Jong Un enjoys the most, and the <br/>South Korean military is most nervous <br/>about, are ballistic-missile and long-<br/>range-multiple-rocket-launcher fire. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the <br/>Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>However, North Korea used 122 mm, <br/>130 mm, 155 mm, [and] 220 mm field <br/>artillery and multiple rocket launchers <br/>in this drill—no large 400-plus mm <br/>multiple rocket launchers and<br/>short-range ballistic missiles. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the <br/>Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff are closely <br/>monitoring North Korea's military activity amid <br/>the ongoing Freedom Shield joint military exercises.<br/>Reuters reports that this year's exercises <br/>involve twice the number of troops <br/>than previous iterations.<br/>North Korea's artillery fire drills are <br/>demonstrations to show off their <br/>numbers, not tactical exercises. <br/>Firing hundreds of field artillery <br/>pieces at once in a dense area <br/>only measures that they were fired. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the <br/>Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>Modern artillery combat is more <br/>about firing accurately from <br/>a dispersed position, like the <br/>'shoot and scoot' artillery tactic. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the <br/>Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'
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