The U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and its battle group began drills with South Korean warships in the first such training off the Korean Peninsula in five years, a day after North Korea test-fired a missile in a possible response to the exercise.
North Korea could conduct more tests in coming days as it views U.S.-South Korean military exercises as practice for an invasion and often reacts with displays of weapons designed to attack its rivals.
The four days of drills are aimed at demonstrating the allies’ “powerful resolve to respond to North Korean provocations” and improving their ability to perform joint naval operations, the South Korean navy said in a statement. More than 20 U.S. and South Korean navy ships, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, a U.S. cruiser and South Korean and U.S. destroyers, were mobilized for the drills, according to the navy statement. It said U.S. and South Korean fighter jets and helicopters will also take part in the training.It would be the first such joint drills involving a U.S. aircraft carrier near the peninsula since 2017, when the U.S.
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