(LEAD) N. Korea deploys 130 air-cushion vehicles in coastal waters
2013/10/22 15:39
(ATTN: UPDATES with details, comments on aged artillery on border islands in last 4 paras)
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has about 130 readily deployable hovercraft in its coastal waters, and its leader Kim Jong-un has regularly observed amphibious assault trainings targeted at South Korea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) here said Tuesday.
North Korea has 70 deployable air-cushion vehicles on its west coast and 60 of the amphibious vehicle in the east at its four hovercraft bases, the JCS said in a report to the parliament.