US, ROK and Japanese Navies Conduct Trilateral Missile Defense Exercise

This is pretty significant that the US, ROK and Japanese Navies continue to do this interoperability missile defense exercises.  Hopefully a new administration in the ROK does not stop ROK participation in the future:

The United States, South Korea and Japan kicked off naval missile-defense drills Friday, joining forces to counter the growing threat from North Korea.

The three-day exercise began amid fears that the North may test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile or stage another provocation in connection with Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Friday.

The Yokosuka, Japan-based guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem, Japan’s JDS Kirishima and South Korea’s Sejong the Great participated in missile detection and tracking drills in the waters off the divided peninsula and Japan.  [Stars & Stripes]

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setnaffa
setnaffa
7 years ago

It leads us to believe there are still some adults in charge.

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