TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States, Japan, and South Korea carried out a joint train within the Sea of Japan on Thursday to detect, observe, and intercept ballistic missiles in response to a current sequence of ballistic missile launches by North Korea.
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The train involving the USS Ronald Reagan plane provider strike group opened within the worldwide waters of the ocean hours after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, in keeping with the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, Yonhap reported.
Several warships, together with South Korea’s King Sejong the Great destroyer, the USS Benfold destroyer belonging to the USS Ronald Reagan plane provider strike group, and Japan’s Chokai destroyer, have been mobilized, it added.
They simulated situations of North Korean ballistic missile launches and targeted on detecting, monitoring and intercepting them by sharing goal info, it mentioned.
The three nations held mixed maritime drills within the East Sea on Sept. 30 involving the nuclear-powered plane provider in a present of drive in opposition to the North’s continued provocations.