North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the weekend personally guided a round of training exercises by sharpshooters from the country’s Air and Anti-Aircraft Force of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), state media reported Monday, in the second publicized drill of its kind in recent days.

The exercise, reported to have been carried out by “sharpshooter sub-units” of the North Korean air force, was also attended by top cadres from the ruling party’s Central Committee.

Praising the participants as “brave, reliable and real fighters,” the DPRK leader was reported to have expressed “great satisfaction” over the exercise.

“[Kim] noted