Kim Jong don't want none of this -- Korea/US live fire Airforce/Army/ drills

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Relations between North and South Korea are very tense right now, in part because of an incident in which two South Korean soldiers were maimed by mines, and in part because of this: A massive live-fire drill performed jointly by South Korean and U.S. forces. It simulates, in part, a full-scale mechanized assault onto North Korean soil, and it is absurdly intense to watch.

The drill took place on Friday and is the largest ever performed in South Korea, jointly with the U.S. or not, according to a defense military spokesman who talked to the AFP. The drill kicked off with a simulated attack on a South Korean guard-post, although it was initially intended to be a simulated attack on the loudspeaker arrays currently shouting messages over the border into North Korea. Plans changed after that basically happened on Tuesday.

Here's nearly 10 minutes of explosions and flying and tanks and explosions from the drill, which according to AFP, included 3,000 US and South Korean soldiers, 100 tanks and armored vehicles, 120 heavy guns, 45 helicopters and over 40 jet fighters.

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