Exercise using 300 to 400 long-range artillery pieces was a clear reminder that North Korea could destroy large swaths of the South Korean capitalThe North Korean army conducted a live-fire drill with massed artillery hours after a US submarine armed with cruise missiles docked at a South Korean base for naval exercises, further raising tensions in a volatile battle of nerves in north-east Asia. The exercise, on the anniversary of the founding of the North Korean army, was a clear reminder that North Korea could destroy large swaths of the South Korean capital. North Korea won't bow to Donald Trump's threats. It needs assurances | Lawrence Douglas Read moreThe North Korean salvoes coincided with US and South Korean military exercises on land and sea. The US military also started moving parts of the controversial THAAD anti-missile defense system into a planned deployment site in South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2017 18:22 UTC