The U.S., South Korea and Japan will conduct large-scale anti-submarine warfare exercises on Friday in the wake of growing North Korean missile threats, the ROK Navy announced on Thursday. 

The announcement comes as the U.S and ROK militaries conclude joint naval exercises involving the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier on Thursday. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea in the middle of the drills. 

“This training has been prepared to strengthen response capabilities against heightened North Korean submarine threats including submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs),” the ROK Navy said in a press release, citing as well “continued