Japan, S Korea, US hold joint drills after N Korea’s ICBM launch
Al JazeeraSouth Korean Navy says latest exercise is aimed at mastering the allies’ response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch. Japan, South Korea and the United States have held a joint naval missile defence exercise to counter North Korea’s “nuclear and missile threats”, days after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The drill on Sunday was conducted in international waters between South Korea and Japan and brought together destroyers equipped with Aegis radar systems from the three countries, the South Korean Navy said. The South Korean Navy said Sunday’s joint drills “served as an opportunity to enhance our military’s response capabilities against ballistic missiles and improve security cooperation” between South Korea, Japan and the US.