North Korea's deployed 122mm howitzers drive in an unusually exposed position along the coast of Kepong province, about 1.5 kilometers from South Korea's Igbong Observatory in Gimpo, with their barrels pointing south. The artillery vehicles carried slogans of "destroy the US imperialist aggressors", while North Korean soldiers were seen conducting drills with red flags. Also, additional armored vehicles and fence construction activity were located nearby.