Naval exercises of American allies against North Korea

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, simultaneously with the recent movements of North Korea, South Korea, America and Japan held their three-day naval exercise in the Korean peninsula.

According to the news agency “Anatolia” quoted by “Yonhap” news agency, the head of the joint staff of the Southern Army said that this exercise with the participation of 9 warships near the island of “Jeju” in the waters South of the Korean Peninsula has been held.

This exercise took place after North Korea on Sunday in its first missile launch this year, an intermediate ballistic missile It tested a solid fuel range towards the “East Sea”. North Korea said that this missile test had nothing to do with the situation in the region. “text-align: justify;”> “Shin Won-sik”, the Minister of Defense of South Korea, also said: “Pyongyang launched a missile with a solid propellant this time. Our assessment is that progress has been made.”

It is more difficult to identify solid-fuel missiles before launch compared to liquid-fuel missiles, which require more preparations before launch.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced in a statement: “North Korea fired a missile towards the East Sea (Sea of ​​Japan)”.

The South Korean military announced that the US nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson also participated in this trilateral naval exercise.

South Korea announced: “This exercise is carried out with the aim of strengthening the deterrence power and response of the three countries against North Korea’s nuclear, missile and naval threats.”

Seoul on Wednesday also sanctioned 11 ships and 5 natural and legal persons related to Pyongyang. Seoul claims that the targeted individuals and entities are involved in the illegal transfer of oil and other products to North Korea.

This is the first time in nearly 8 years that Seoul sanctions ships.

North Korea also announced has made changes to the constitution to stop trying to reunify the Korean peninsula.

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