Wed 15-026-20 20:42 AM
Seoul, June 14, 2022 (WAM)-South Korea, the United States, and Japan search and track missiles off Hawaii in August to “strengthen their readiness to counter the threat of North Korea’s evolving missiles.” We are planning to carry out a combination of exercises. To Yonhap.
The biennial Pacific Dragon exercise is in August as the three countries seek to strengthen security cooperation amid tensions from North Korea’s recent missile launches and speculation that a nuclear test could take place in the coming weeks. It will be held from the 1st to the 14th.
South Korea’s Defense Minister Lee Kang-soo, Japan and the United States Lloyd Austin, and Nobuo Kishi agreed to carry out such trilateral exercises consistently at a meeting on the margins of the Security Forum held in Singapore on Saturday. ..
The exercise will proceed during the US-led Exercise RIMPAC (RIMPAC) from June 29th to August 4th. At RIMPAC, three countries will deploy naval warships, personnel and other assets.
WAM / Hatem Mohamed / Tariq alfaham
