Send to KindleThe South Korean army has completed military exercises, billed as the largest land and air winter drills, about 50 km from the border with North Korea, CNN reported.
The long-planned drills, which were scheduled in 2009, lasted 50 minutes. They came at a time when the country is on high-alert after North Korea shelled a South Korean island in the Yellow Sea, which resulted in four deaths.
More than 800 military personnel were scheduled to take part in the exercise, a media officer from the South Korean army has announced. It includes six fighter jets, anti-tank missiles, and involves more than 100 types of weapons.
Artillery rounds and rockets were fired, bombs were dropped and hillsides erupted in smoke.
Over the past year, the Korean peninsula has been gripped with anxiety. However, tension rose higher last month when North Korea shelled South Korea and killed two marines and two civilians.
The North has branded the Thursday exercise “warmongering” but has not threatened the South with any retaliation.
The South Korean army acknowledged that the drill was aimed to display its full firepower.
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