Military Watch Magazine

North Korea Fires Salvo From World’s Longest Ranged Rocket Artillery System in Show of Force

The Korean People’s Army has fired several precision guided rockets from its eastern coast on September 12, with South Korean assessments indicating that the salvo included 600mm guided rockets from the KN-25 system. The rockets reportedly flew approximately 250 kilometres toward the waters east of the Korean Peninsula, demonstrating the Army’s ability to strike military bases, airfields, command centres and logistics infrastructure across much of South Korea. The firing came only one day after the United States, South Korea and Japan completed the five-day Freedom Edge 26 exercise, which included missile-defence, air-defence communications, cyber and maritime activities. North Korean has frequently responded to these kinds of exercises with weapons demonstrations.