South Korea, US to Begin Exercises Next Week to Bolster Readiness Against North’s Threats
The annual exercise will test defenses against drones, GPS disruption and cyberattacks, with about 18,000 South Korean troops taking part, officials said.
- On Monday, South Korea and the United States announced the Ulchi Freedom Shield military drills for August 17–27, incorporating defenses against drones, GPS disruption, and cyberattacks.
- The exercises follow last Thursday's North Korean ballistic missile launch, as the North continues developing nuclear and missile systems in defiance of United Nations Security Council sanctions.
- U.S. military spokesperson Colonel Ryan Donald said training incorporates "lessons from recent conflicts," citing North Korea's troop deployment to support Russia in Ukraine as altering regional capabilities.
- While the allies maintain the drills are defensive, Pyongyang routinely denounces them as invasion rehearsals, and North Korea has hardened its stance by removing reunification references from its constitution this year.
- About 18,000 South Korean troops will participate in the exercises, said Colonel Jang Do-young of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, maintaining a scale similar to previous years.
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US, South Korea to drill for new threats from North
The "Ulchi Freedom Shield" exercise is a regular summer fixture for South Korea's armed forces and their US allies, designed to steel them for defence against the nuclear-armed North. Pyongyang has always been angered by the drills, decrying them as dress rehearsals for an invasion. This year's 11-day exercise starting on August 17 will account for the changing "character of warfare", said Colonel Ryan Donald, spokesman for the US and South Kore…
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South Korea, US to begin exercises next week to bolster readiness against North’s threats
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their annual exercises next week to beef up readiness against North Korean threats, the allies announced Monday, days after North Korea resumed ballistic missile testing activities that are…
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South Korea, US to begin exercises next week to bolster readiness against North's threats
South Korean and U.S. militaries say they will begin their annual large exercises next week to beef up readiness against North Korean threats.
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