US, South Korea Kick Off Joint Military Drills to Counter North Korean Threats

Published on August 19, 2024

South Korea and the United States kicked off a large-scale joint military drill on Monday, which focused on enhancing their combined defense posture against North Korean threats. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, running until Aug. 29, will include computer-simulated exercises and field training, including live-fire drills. The drills will reflect “realistic threats across all domains,” including North Korea’s missile threats, GPS jamming, cyberattacks, and lessons learned from recent armed conflicts, according to the JCS. The two allied nations aim to enhance their armed forces’ “capability and posture to deter and defend against weapons of mass destruction,” the JCS said in a statement....

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