State-run KCNA news agency confirmed on Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a drill simulating a “nuclear counterattack,” the latest in a volley of tests by Pyongyang this year. Seoul’s military had earlier claimed that the North had fired several short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, with Tokyo confirming the launch. According to the report, Kim guided a combined tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack involving super-large multiple rocket artillerymen. The rockets “hit their island target” about 352 kilometers (219 miles) away, and Kim was described as “expressi…