According to the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), its leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the drill featuring "new-type main battle tanks" the previous day.
Kim was quoted as saying the tanks, which made their debut demonstrating their "remarkable combat efficiency," are "highly superior," hailing them as "unequalled in the world" in their striking power.
"Our army will be equipped with such most powerful tanks," Kim added.
Touting that "all the drills have been recently switched into the ones with scientific and practical forms and methods for an actual war," he stressed that military units at all levels should "achieve rapid successes in completing war preparations."
The drill was "aimed at getting familiar with the coordinated order and combat methods in the tactical sub-units' offensive action to expand successes in their attack through an assault of tanks and infantrymen after striking, raiding and occupying the enemy's anti-armor defense line," according to KCNA.
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