Watch out Kim! Three mighty US aircraft carriers team up with Japanese ships for exercises designed to send clear warning to North Korean leader
Three mighty US aircraft carriers have teamed up with Japanese ships for joint naval exercises
The US has been sending its strategic assets, also including long-range bombers, to region more frequently for patrols or drills amid accelerating North Korean efforts to expand its nuclear weapons program
It comes as President Donald Trump traded insults with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un calling him ‘fat’
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12 November 2017
Three mighty US aircraft carriers have teamed up with Japanese ships for joint naval exercises designed to send a clear warning to North Korea.
The four-day drills that began in waters off South Korea’s eastern coast came as President Donald Trump traded insults with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.
The battle groups of the USS Ronald Reagan, the Theodore Roosevelt and the Nimitz will successively enter the exercise area during the drills that run until Tuesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The three carriers will be likely together in the drills around Monday, according to a South Korean military official, who didn’t want to be named, citing office rules.
The exercises will also involve 11 U.S. Aegis ships and seven South Korean naval vessels, including two Aegis ships. The Aegis technology refers to missile tracking and guidance.
They will aim to enhance combined operation and aerial strike capabilities and also display ‘strong will and firm military readiness to defeat any provocation by North Korea with dominant force in the event of crisis,’ Seoul’s military said in a statement.
It’s the first time since a 2007 exercise near Guam that three U.S. carrier strike groups are operating together in the Western Pacific, according to the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet.
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