Kim hailed his troops for their performance in striking mock targets.
"There is no limit to the strike power of the People's Army armed with our style of cutting-edge military equipment, including various precision and miniaturised nuclear weapons and submarine-launched ballistic missiles", the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a front-page editorial. The mobilisation of self-propelled artillery is seen as an indication that the Stalinist nation is gearing up to attack archrival South Korea, in case an all-out war breaks out in the peninsula.
The 85th anniversary of the North Korean Army on Tuesday passed without a dreaded nuclear or missile launch as US naval forces massed near the Korean Peninsula and pressure from China rose.
North Korea conducted a large-scale, live-fire military drill on Tuesday morning in yet another show of force.
"All three countries say they're counting on China to keep North Korea in check, but Beijing has said little except to call on everyone to exercise restraint", he adds.
Some observers expected the nuclear-armed country to honor the anniversary with a sixth nuclear test or missile launch, though neither of those had occurred by evening.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham voiced confidence Tuesday that Trump won't allow North Korea to reach that point.
Trump on Monday urged UN Security Council ambassadors to consider stronger sanctions against Pyongyang, and United States senators will be briefed on North Korea at the White House on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the DPRK Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the Korean Peninsula is on the verge of war due to "reckless action" by the United States using both economic sanctions and increasing military threats.
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US President Donald Trump sent the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group to the Korean Peninsula earlier this month as a warning to North Korea and a show of solidarity with US allies.
The destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyers is conducting bilateral maritime exercises with a South Korean destroyer in waters west of the Korean Peninsula Tuesday and Wednesday, while the destroyer USS Fitzgerald is partnering with a Japanese destroyer in waters west of Japan, according to the USA 7th Fleet.
He has vowed to prevent North Korea from being able to hit the United States with a nuclear missile and has said all options are on the table, including a military strike.
Trump has said that North Korea is a real threat whether it is believed or not.
Asked if he had a message for North Korea on Tuesday, Gen. Vincent Brooks, the commander of USA forces in South Korea, said his troops stand ready to fight.
"North Korea's a big world problem, and it's a problem we have to finally solve".
USA defence leaders and other top officials are to give a classified briefing on North Korea to all senators in an unusual meeting at the White House later Wednesday.
Its deployment was met with threats by the North Koreans. Though the missile exploded seconds after launch, the test occurred hours after the country rolled out intercontinental ballistic missiles and other military hardware at a huge parade to celebrate the birthday of the country's late founder, Kim Il Sung, grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un.
In the end, no nuclear test was held that day, but a performance on the Day of the Sun still showed a propaganda video where missiles struck the United States and a U.S. flag was left in flames.
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