SKorea to join three US aircraft carriers in drills

SEOUL: South Korean warships will take part in upcoming joint drills involving three US aircraft carriers in a fresh show of force against North Korea, a Seoul

The US Navy said Thursday that the three vessels— the and will conduct “coordinated operations in international waters” in the western Pacific between

It is unusual for Washington to have three of its aircraft carriers in the same place at the same time, Scott Swift said in a statement it

Seven South Korean navy vessels— three destroyers and four escort ships— will take part in the exercises, the South Korean

Nuclear- armed North Korea regularly denounces such military drills as rehearsals for invasion and sometimes conducts its own military maneuvers or

The US warships will carry out air defense drills, sea surveillance, defensive air combat training and other training op

The exercises come on the heels of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Seoul and Beijing this week, with the North’s nuclear

On Wednesday, Trump warned North Korea not to “try” the United States but appeared to moderate his bellicose tone somewhat, offering Pyongyang’s young leader Kim Jong