Kim Jong Il watches tank force training

Kim Jong Il, supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), has recently watched the training of a tank division, the official news agency KCNA reported on Friday.

He expressed great satisfaction with the soldiers who were fully prepared politically and ideologically and armed with military techniques to defend the socialist homeland, the report said.

He called for strengthening the military qualification and combat ability of the tank unit, underscoring the need to conduct intensive training under the simulated conditions of an actual battle.

The Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Guards Tank Division, which played an important role in strengthening the tank forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, was a vanguard unit both in battles and the ideological field, he said.