South Korea and the U.S. carried out a four-day joint naval exercise in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) through Sunday, focusing in part on countering potential North Korean infiltration across the inter-Korean maritime border.
The drills, which began Thursday, included maritime counter-infiltration training aimed at deterring incursions by DPRK special operations forces, as well as joint anti-submarine warfare and integrated responses to multi-domain threats.
South Korea and the U.S. carried out a four-day joint naval exercise in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) through Sunday, focusing in part on countering potential North Korean infiltration across the inter-Korean maritime border.
The drills, which began Thursday, included maritime counter-infiltration training aimed at deterring incursions by DPRK special operations forces, as well as joint anti-submarine warfare and integrated responses to multi-domain threats.
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