The drill is the latest effort by Washington and its two Asian allies to strengthen ties.
SEOUL: South Korea, together with Japan and the US, held a joint aerial exercise near the Korean peninsula today, the South Korean military said, marking the first such collaboration between the three countries.
The drill aimed to expand the countries’ response capabilities against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, South Korea’s air force said in a statement.At the Camp David summit in August, leaders of Japan, South Korea and the US agreed to carry out annual, multi-domain trilateral exercises and set up a hot line for crisis communications.
The aerial exercise is the latest effort by Washington and its two Asian allies to strengthen ties in the face of tensions with North Korea and China’s influence in the region. Also today, South Korean and US navies completed a joint anti-submarine exercise called Silent Shark, the South Korean navy said.
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