North Korean state-run media reported Friday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised a strike drill the previous day of "various long-range strike means" in which Japan and the United States say short-range ballistic missiles were fired.Kim emphasized the necessity of boosting defense capability "to carry out combat tasks and keep full combat posture to cope with any emergency as required by the prevailing situation," the Korean Central News Agency said.Japan has identified the projectiles as ballistic missiles, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters in Tokyo, calling the launching a "cle…READ FULL ARTICLE
