American and South Korean exercises near the border of North Korea

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, Sputnik News Agency reported on Thursday, quoting South Korea’s local media, that the country will hold a joint exercise with the United States near the border of North Korea. . According to the report, the two countries conducted military exercises to increase their joint combat readiness “amid threats posed by Pyongyang”.

These exercises began on December 29 (December 8) in Pocheon city and are scheduled to end tomorrow, January 5 (January 15). A total of 110 weapons systems from the two countries participated in these exercises, including K1A2 tanks, A-19 warplanes, Stryker armored personnel carriers and artillery systems.

According to Sputnik, the program of these exercises included air strikes against simulated targets, tank shooting and air defense.

South Korea’s joint exercises with its ally, the United States, have been conducted in the midst of tensions between the two Koreas and threats from the two countries against each other. Kim Yong-ho, South Korea’s minister of unification with the northern neighbor, said on Tuesday, in response to the new statements of the North Korean leader, that with the help of the United States, he will create a stronger mechanism against the country’s military movements.

He claimed that North Korea will eventually have to give up its nuclear weapons if it meets the “deterrent wall” of Seoul and Washington.

The leader North Korea warned on Thursday, December 30, that Pyongyang will not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack in case of provocative nuclear actions by its enemies. In the morning of Sunday, December 10, Kim Jong-un, while issuing the order to launch three military satellites in 2024, said that relations with South Korea have turned into relations between two hostile and warring countries.

Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have increased their military cooperation in recent months under the pretext of Pyongyang’s missile tests and recently activated a system to share real-time information about North Korean missile launches.

The United States also sent its nuclear submarine to the port of Busan in South Korea and held air exercises with Seoul and Tokyo with the participation of strategic bombers.

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