US, South Korea, Japan Start Joint Sea Drills as North Korea Makes Nuclear Threat
- Kim’s regime fired missile over Japan after similar drills
- USS Nimitz aircraft carrier group to take part in drill
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The US, South Korea and Japan started joint naval drills off the Korean Peninsula in a move certain to anger North Korea, which fired its first missile over Japan in five years after similar exercises were held in 2022.
The two-day anti-submarine and rescue drills started Monday in international waters off South Korea’s Jeju Island and included vessels from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier group, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.