U.S., Japan, and South Korea Hold Trilateral Missile Defense Exercise After North Korea’s ICBM Launch

The three nations have done this trilateral missile defense exercises in the past, but they were scrapped during the prior Moon administration:

South Korea, the United States and Japan conduct a trilateral missile defense exercise in the international waters of the East Sea on Feb. 22, 2023, in this photo released by Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

South Korea, the United States and Japan held a trilateral missile defense exercise in the international waters of the East Sea on Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, amid heightened tensions caused by North Korea’s recent missile launches.

The exercise took place in waters east of South Korea’s Ulleung Island, mobilizing three Aegis-equipped destroyers — the South’s Sejong the Great, the U.S.’ USS Barry and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s JS Atago — according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

The exercise, which lasted for some five hours from 9 a.m., focused on practicing procedures to detect, track and intercept computer-simulated targets, and share related information, it said.

Of the three destroyers, only the U.S. vessel was involved in the interception segment, while the rest joined other parts of the drills, such as the detection of virtual targets, a Seoul official told reporters on condition of anonymity.

Yonhap

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setnaffa
1 year ago

People who share that kind of data to reporters or other foreign nationals without permission should be hanged.

That said, it may have been “leaked” to give the CCP hillbillies and/or their Norkistani puppets a false view of fleet capabilities.

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