The United States, South Korea and Japan have conducted anti-missile military exercises at sea

United States, South Korea and Japanthey made a combined missile defense exercise in the international waters of the Sea of ​​Japan (known as East Sea in the two Koreas) only a few days after the Kim Jong-un’s regime shoot three ballistic missilesone of which is intercontinental in scope.

The maneuvers, which lasted about five hours, focused on detecting, tracking and intercepting computer-simulated targets and sharing information in real time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. ) in a press release.

The exercise took place east of the South Korean island of Pursueand three destroyers equipped with the system participated Aegis: South Korean sejong the greatthe Japaneses Atago and the American USS Barry.

“Through the maritime missile defense exercise, Republic of Korea (official name of South Korea), the United States and Japan have strengthened their security cooperation and response systems,” the JCS text explains.

The protest “strengthens the interoperability of our collective strength and demonstrates the strength of the trilateral relationship”, which reflects “resolve against those who threaten regional stability”, the minister said in another letter. US Indo-Pacific Command.

“This exercise demonstrates the commitment of Japan, the United States, and the Republic of Korea to greater trilateral cooperation to address regional security challenges in an increasingly severe security environment,” said the Maritime Self-Defense Forces Japanese in another script.

Last Saturday North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-15the second with the longest potential range in its arsenal, which traveled more than 900 kilometers before falling into the waters of the special economic zone (EEZ) of Japan, west of the hokkaido island.

The repeated throws of Pyonyangwhich fired a record number of missiles last year, have strengthened the rapprochement, in terms of security, of the seoul and tokyowhose relationships have gone through their worst moment in recent years.

In fact, the three allies have already carried out exercises similar to those last October in the face of repeated North Korean weapons tests.

Tension on the peninsula, where Seoul and Washington plan to carry out major maneuvers in March to which the regime has promised an “unprecedented” response, is at historic highs and experts are warning of the growing danger of a misunderstanding that may have fatal consequences.

(With information from EFE)

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