Deadly Embrace: Washington Surrounding China With Missile Defense Network
SputnikNews.com
16.05.2016
The joint US-South Korean-Japanese missile defense drills set to begin next month are meant to counter China, not North Korea, says Russian military analyst Vladimir Yevseyev. The naval exercises are likely to become the first step in expanding the US global missile defense network into East Asia, the analyst adds.
Military forces from the United States, South Korea, and Japan are set to conduct their first joint missile defense drills starting late next month. The drills will be conducted alongside RIMPAC 2016, large-scale US-led maritime exercises in the Pacific Ocean taking place from June to August.
Using the warship-based Aegis multi-purpose tracking system, the exercises will focus on joint missile detection, but will not include missile interception training, according to the South Korean defense ministry. However, the Japanese newspaper Asahi has reported that the two sides would also train for the interception and destruction of ballistic missiles.
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