Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) drills by the U.S.-ROK Combined Division as part of Ulchi Freedom Shield in Gangneung, Gangwon Province on Aug. 31, 2022 | Image: ROK Army
The U.S. and South Korea kicked off large-scale joint military exercises on Monday to practice responses to North Korean nuclear and missile threats, a day after Pyongyang demonstrated its opposition to the drills by testing “strategic” cruise missiles.
The 11-day Freedom Shield exercises began at midnight and seek to strengthen the allies’ joint response capabilities against the backdrop of DPRK military escalations and a changing regional security environment, South Korea’s defense ministry confirmed to NK News.
The U.S. and South Korea kicked off large-scale joint military exercises on Monday to practice responses to North Korean nuclear and missile threats, a day after Pyongyang demonstrated its opposition to the drills by testing “strategic” cruise missiles.
The 11-day Freedom Shield exercises began at midnight and seek to strengthen the allies’ joint response capabilities against the backdrop of DPRK military escalations and a changing regional security environment, South Korea’s defense ministry confirmed to NK News.
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Shreyas Reddy is a correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.