Kim Jong Un Oversees Missile Drills Targeting South Korea

North Korea's leader supervises launch of 18 nuclear-capable rockets in demonstration of preemptive strike capability.

North Korea fired 18 rockets, hitting a target 365 km away, to showcase its military might.
The drills followed a failed spy satellite launch and South Korea's aerial exercises.
Pyongyang claims the exercises were a warning to South Korea and a demonstration of its readiness to strike first.
The U.S. and South Korea condemned the missile launches as reckless and in violation of UN sanctions.
Analysts suggest the missile tests could be a prelude to supplying arms to Russia for use in Ukraine.