SEOUL: The South Korean, US and Japanese navies began their first anti-submarine drills in six months on Monday to boost their coordination against increasing North Korean missile threats, South Korea's military said.
The two-day drills come as North Korea's recent unveiling of a type of battlefield nuclear warhead prompted worries the country may conduct first nuclear test since 2017.The maritime exercises in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju involved the nuclear-powered USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and naval destroyers from South Korea, the US and Japan, South Korea's Defense Ministry said in a statement.
A poster on a nearby wall listed eight kinds of short-range weapons that can carry the 'Hwasan-31' warhead. The previous test flights of those weapons show they are capable of striking key targets in South Korea, including US military bases there.Some observers say the warhead's unveiling may be a prelude to a nuclear test as North Korea's last two tests in 2016 and 2017 followed the disclosures of other warheads.
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