U.S., South Korea, and Japan to Begin Trilateral Missile Defense Exercise this Week
It is good to see this trilateral cooperation restarting again after it was stopped when former President Moon Jae-in was elected:
South Korea, the United States and Japan will kick off a combined ballistic missile defense exercise in waters off Hawaii this week, informed sources said Sunday, amid their stepped-up security coordination against North Korea’s evolving military threats.
The biennial Pacific Dragon exercise is scheduled to take place from Monday through Aug. 14, according to them. In addition to the three countries, Australia and Canada will join the exercise in this year’s edition.
Featuring the mobilization of eight warships and two aircraft, the exercise is aimed at enhancing cooperation among the participating countries in detecting, tracking and reporting ballistic missile targets.
The exercise has been arranged as the defense chiefs of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan agreed to reinforce their security coordination during their trilateral gathering on the margins of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 11.
Yonhap
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Sure, right after the 2022 RIMPAC exercises where the Japanese navy refused to participate (went AWOL) in one of the exercises where the South Korean navy was given a leadership role.
Show us on the doll where the big bad Japanese girl hurt you…
Setnaffa claims to be a Korea lover and loves and understands its people and culture.
Yet he is ignorant of the how things work.
If he had done his research he would have come across this article from a prominent conservative newspaper
https://www.donga.com/news/Politics/article/all/20220801/114750853/1
It has been confirmed that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was dissatisfied with the strengthening of the ROK Navy’s status and did not participate in some of the RIMPAC exercises. It was revealed that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) took issue with it and left the expeditionary strike group where a rear admiral of the ROK Navy was serving as the commander of the expeditionary strike team for the first time since participating in the RIMPAC exercise.
Yes, there seems to have been some pettiness on the side of the Japanese.
And to educate setnaffa on the ‘Chojoongdong’ which are the three most prominent conservative newspapers in Korea and are right wing, pro-US and Japan.
The Chosun Ilbo and the Donga Ilbo were established during the Japanese rule and are know to take active pro-Japanese stances.
So for the Donga to publish the article above meant that it wasn’t something that they could explain away.
But the supposed Korean lover setnaffa instead of criticizing Japan for its pettiness takes a cheap shot at Korean Man.
Which makes me conclude that his claims of being non-racist and Korean lover are all BS.