The US and South Korean militaries have been training together since last week. North Korea sees this as an invasion rehearsal.
The US and South Korean militaries have been separately holding summer bilateral exercises since last week.
"The prevailing situation requires our navy to put all its efforts into rounding off the war readiness to maintain the constant combat alertness and get prepared to break the enemy's will for war in contingency," Kim said. Many experts say North Korea ultimately wants to use its boosted military capabilities to wrest greater concessions from the US.
Earlier this month, the leaders of the US, South Korea and Japan held their first-ever stand-alone trilateral summit at Camp David. During his Navy Day speech, Kim said that military units of each service would be given new weaponry in line with the government's decision to expand the operation of tactical nuclear weapons.
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