South Korea, the United States, Japan, Australia and Australia held a joint military exercise, Korean media: aimed at enhancing the ability to detect the target of ballistic missiles

[Global Times Special Journalist in South Korea] According to South Korean military news, five countries in South Korea, the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada will implement the North Korean ballistic missile detection, tracking joint exercises in the waters near Hawaii, USA from August 1st to 14th "Pacific Dragon". On the same day, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Defense, claimed that the North Korean nuclear guidance capacity was continuously improved, which posed a serious threat to the security order of the Korean Peninsula and the region. If North Korea initiated a direct provocation, the South Korean military would exercise the self -defense rights severely.

South Korea's "Asia Daily" stated on the 1st that the exercise was held during the "Pacific" military exercise jointly carried out in many countries to enhance the target detection capacity of North Korean ballistic missiles and share target information. The exercise will be carried out in a way of detecting, tracking, and intercepting target bombs. It is reported that eight surface ships and 2 aircraft will be participated at that time. South Korea will send the "King Sejong King" Zeng Essee destroyer who is participating in the Military exercise. The exercise time may be adjusted by meteorological conditions or the schedule of the Pacific military exercise. Earlier, the South Korean Navy also held ballistic missile detection and tracking joint exercises with the United States and Japan and other countries when participating in the Pacific military exercise, but the exercise in 2018 and 2020 did not make public.

On September 30, 2021, in Yingri Bay, Puxiang City, Gyeongshang, the "King of Sejong", the Aegis destroyer on the 73rd National Army Day Media Day event.

According to the Yonhap News Agency on the 1st, the Minister of Defense Li Zhongzheng reported to Congress on the day that the military would boost the morale of the army through high -intensity training and the epoch -making "Korean three -axis combat system" -the " The killing chain system ", the Korean missile defense system and the military power enhancement plan of the large -scale punishment revenge plan in response to the North Korean nuclear guide threat. Li Zhongzheng also said that the Korean army will strengthen its ability to respond to the threat of North Korea's nuclear guidance and achieve "guarding peace with strength" and "to curb and maintain peace" to protect the security of the country and the people.

In addition, the relevant information submitted by the Ministry of National Defense to the National Defense Commission on the 1st shows that the Korean and US military will launch a large -scale joint military exercise in three stages in late August. The Ministry of National Defense of South Korea plans to integrate the war inhibitory methods of many factors such as diplomacy, intelligence, military, and economy, and be proficient in the South Korean and American crisis management procedures.

Yonhap News Agency reported on the 1st that the South Korean government also plans to hold more than two Korean -American and Japanese missile warning exercises in the second half of this year. It is reported that the exercise was carried out by computer simulation or launching missiles to simulate North Korean missiles but not intercepted. It was held three times last year and once this year.

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