Anchor: North Korean media on Wednesday revealed scenes of its ballistic missile launches the previous day, saying that its military practiced attacks on South Korean ports and airfields in the southern region. While hinting at its ability to strike American augmentation troops arriving on the peninsula in times of contingencies, the North also said that it checked a nuclear warhead fuze during the drill.
Bae Joo-yeon reports. 

Report: North Korea has claimed that its three ballistic missile launches on Tuesday were part of a training exercise to strike ports and airfields in South Korea.

The North’s Korean Central Television(KCTV) and other state-run media on Wednesday morning reported about the drill.

They said that the Strategic Rocket Forces' artillery units carried out the simulated drill under the direct guidance of Kim Jong-un.

Along with images of Nodong and Scud missile launches, the ruling Workers’ Party's official Rodong Sinmun also carried photos of the young leader monitoring the exercise. Kim is seen with a map that pinpoints missile landing locations in waters off South Korea's southern coast. 

The North Korean media said the exercise was to preemptively strike South Korean ports and airfields, through which it claimed U.S. nuclear weapons will be deployed to the Korean Peninsula.

While claiming that the target ranges of the missiles were restricted to hit the South Korean sites, the North also said that the military tested its nuclear warhead fuze at a pre-set altitude.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said Tuesday that the North launched three ballistic missiles toward the East Sea. Two of the three missiles flew around 500 to 600 kilometers in an apparent show of the North's capability to send missiles to South Korea's southern region
Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio News.