MADRID, 3 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Washington, Seoul and Tokyo began a two-day joint naval exercise on Monday with the aim of counteracting Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities.
“(The anti-submarine exercise) has been organized to enhance the response capabilities of South Korea, Japan and the United States against North Korean submarine threats, including a submarine-launched ballistic missile,” it said in a press release. the South Korean Defense Ministry.
This training will focus on improving the capabilities of these countries to “detect, track, share information, and defeat” threats from North Korean authorities. Furthermore, it takes place after the unveiling of a tactical nuclear warhead and the testing of an underwater nuclear attack designed to “create a radioactive tsunami.”
The ministerial portfolio has reported that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier will participate in these exercises and they take place in international waters south of Jeju Island.
Likewise, it has indicated that the three countries last carried out joint anti-submarine exercises in September 2022, while search and rescue drills have not been carried out for seven years.
Pyongyang confirmed last week the launch of a “submarine strategic nuclear weapon” in tests off the coast of Riwon, in South Hamgyong province, which has reached the waters of Hongwon Bay, 116 kilometers away, and designed to “stealthily infiltrate operational waters and create a large-scale radioactive tsunami.”
The reason, the authorities pointed out, is the participation of US soldiers in military exercises in the area. “(These maneuvers) urgently require North Korea to prepare its entire structure of Armed Forces for a war and strengthen its nuclear capabilities,” according to a statement from the state agency KCNA.