Three U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike groups are scheduled to conduct joint drills with the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) over the next few days in a show of force against North Korea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Friday.

The four-day military exercise will begin off the east coast of South Korea on Saturday.

The JCS said the three U.S. Nimitz-class supercarriers – the “largest warships in the world” – will not be deployed on the Korean peninsula at the same time.

Instead, the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), and the USS