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South Korea and U.S. launched a massive military exercise after missile test of North Korea 1120316.
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Defence & Security News - South Korea
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South Korea and the United States on Saturday, March 12, 2016, staged a massive landing drill in an eastern coastal port city, the largest of its kind, after the launch test of ballistic missile by North Korea and the order of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to improve the nuclear attack capability of the country by conducting more tests.
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 Pohang, South Korea - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnathan Williams, a mortarman, clears a house with Sgt. Jung Ti Hyung an infantry Marine with the Republic of Korea in an integrated training exercise during exercise Ssang Yong in Pohang, South Korea, March 9, 2016. (Source U.S. Marine Corps) |
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Tensions have been escalating on the Korean peninsula as North Korea conducted what it claimed to be the successful test of an H-bomb on Jan. 6.
South Korea's defense ministry spokesman is calling the maneuvers "the largest scale ever," involving 300,000 South Korean troops and at least 17,000 from the U.S. The landing and assault drills on South Korea's east coast were part of eight weeks of joint exercises between the allies which the South has said are the largest ever. About 55 U.S. marine aircraft and 30 U.S. and South Korean ships, including the USS Bonhomme Richard and USS Boxer, which carry AV-8B Harrier attack jets and V-22 Osprey aircrafts, took part in the assault on beaches near Pohang city, the U.S. navy said. Australia and New Zealand also participated in the drill. The two countries are among the 17 nations that are currently stationing military forces under the flag of the United Nations Command, which fought for South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War. This marks the largest contingent of soldiers that Australia has ever sent to the landing exercise being staged in the eastern coastal port city of Pohang. And it is the first time that New Zealand has dispatched troops to the drill. |
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