It was reported that large-scale attack means including planes, tanks and artillery pieces and reserve forces, more than 6,000 in all, will be involved in the drill.

The puppet warmongers also said they would stage a live shell drill.

"Ssangyong drill" aimed to form a unit with reserve forces and hurl it to the forefront is becoming increasingly provocative every year as a drill simulating an actual war.

The ceaseless north-targeted war maneuvers being staged by the warmongers in the forefront areas are escalating the tension on the Korean Peninsula.