South Korea and the United States on Monday kicked off their biggest joint military exercises in years with a resumption of field training, officials said, as allies seek to increase readiness over potential Korean weapons tests. From north.
The annual summer exercises, renamed the Ulchi Freedom Shield this year and scheduled to end on September 1, come after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, vowed to “normalize” joint exercises. and increasing deterrence against North Korea.
South Korea separately launched the four-day Ulchi civil defense exercises on Monday, designed to boost government readiness, for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The military and civilian exercises aim to improve the country’s readiness to meet changing patterns of warfare, with evolving cyber threats against key facilities such as chip factories and supply chains, Yoon said.
“Keeping the peace on the Korean peninsula is built into our airtight security posture,” Yoon told a cabinet meeting, calling for thorough exercises based on real-world scenarios.
The exercises are the biggest since 2017 after being scaled back because of Covid-19 and Yoon’s predecessor’s stance on restarting talks with Pyongyang.
North Korea fired two cruise missiles from the west coast last week after South Korea and the United States began preliminary training for the exercises.
North Korea has been conducting missile tests at an unprecedented pace this year and is ready to carry out its seventh nuclear test at any time, according to Seoul officials.
Source: CNN Brasil
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