The United States staged another round of joint drills with South Korea with an aircraft carrier and sanctioned entities aiding North Korea’s nuclear programs, as tensions on the Korean Peninsula ratcheted up.
The maritime drills were held in waters off South Korea’s east coast, involving the USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group, and will run through Oct. 8, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“We will continue to strengthen our operational capabilities and readiness to respond to any provocations by North Korea,” JCS said, Reuters reported.
The U.S. aircraft carrier previously participated in trilateral ballistic missile defense drills alongside Japanese and South Korean warships in response to North Korea’s missile launch over Japan on Oct. 4….