This picture taken on March 9, 2020 and released from DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 10, 2020 shows Kim Jong-un supervising a "strike drill" together with a high ranking officer, in an undisclosed location in the DPRK. (PHOTO / AFP)

SEOUL - Kim Jong-un personally oversaw Monday’s “firepower strike drill,” the state media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reported on Tuesday, including the launch of what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles for the second time in a week.

The purpose of the firepower strike drill was to inspect the sudden military counterattack capability of the long-range artillery units on the front, KCNA said

The DPRK launched multiple projectiles into the sea on Monday as part of firing drills, according to the military of the Republic of Korea (ROK).

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Kim was joined by the commanders of the Korean People’s Army and expressed “great satisfaction with the result,” DPRK's state news agency KCNA reported.

“The purpose of the firepower strike drill was to inspect the sudden military counterattack capability of the long-range artillery units on the front,” KCNA said.

Photos released by KCNA showed troops firing a number of artillery guns, as well as missiles from a multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) with four launching tubes.

The missiles flew up to 200 km and reached 50 km in altitude, ROK’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

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Britain, Germany, France, Estonia and Belgium raised DPRK’s recent launches at the UN Security Council on Thursday, calling them provocative actions that violated UN resolutions.

But DPRK’s foreign ministry criticized the European stand as “US-instigated reckless behavior” and Kim’s sister said the drills were not meant to threaten anyone.