US-ROK forces roll out big guns for ‘annihilation’ drills to counter North Korea

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US-ROK forces roll out big guns for ‘annihilation’ drills to counter North Korea

Over 2,500 personnel and 600 assets feature in first day of ‘largest-ever’ joint live-fire drills by inter-Korean border

Ifang Bremer | Jeongmin Kim May 25, 2023

US-ROK forces roll out big guns for ‘annihilation’ drills to counter North Korea

U.S.-ROK “annihilation” live-fire exercises at Seungjin firing range in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | Image: NK News (May 25, 2023)

U.S. and South Korean forces kicked off their “largest-ever” joint live-fire exercises on Thursday, rolling out rocket launchers, drone swarms, tanks, fighter jets and a range of other military assets in a showcase of operations to repel and counterstrike North Korea.

The “annihilation” drills, being held to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-ROK alliance and the 75th anniversary of the ROK military, commenced at Seungjin firing range in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, some 20 miles (30 km) from the Demilitarized Zone.

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Ifang Bremer

Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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