S.Korea, US practice drills
SEOUL: The US and South Korean military Tuesday practiced attacks on potential seaborne North Korean infiltrators on the third day of a major naval exercise designed to deter the communist state. The allies are staging the war games in response to what they say was a deadly North Korean submarine attack on a South Korean warship. They have shrugged off the North’’s threats of possible nuclear retaliation for the drill. About 20 ships including the 97,000-ton carrier USS George Washington, 200 aircraft including four F-22 Raptor stealth fighters and 8,000 personnel are taking part in the largest joint exercise for years. Tuesday’’s drills will focus on destroying infiltrating enemy submarines, semi-submersible high-speed boats or seaborne special forces, a spokesman for Seoul’’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told foreign news agency. Separate anti-ship and anti-aircraft drills will be practiced and jet fighters will launch missiles at sea and at firing ranges on land.
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S.Korea, US practice drills
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