US, S.Korea Launch Naval Drills in Yellow Sea [View all]

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SEOUL, May 6 (RIA Novosti) – South Korea and the United States began an antisubmarine exercise in the Yellow Sea on Monday, the Yonhap news agency reported.

The drill, which will continue until Friday, involves a nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class submarine, Aegis destroyers and P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft deployed from US bases, as well as South Korean destroyers, submarines and maritime aircraft, military officials said.
"It is part of an annual routine drill held to prepare against an adversary's submarine infiltration," Yonhap quoted a military official as saying.

The antisubmarine drill comes after the US and South Korea completed their two-month-long Foal Eagle joint exercises last week, amid high inter-Korean tensions.

North Korea reacted angrily to the latest drills on Sunday, with a spokesman for the Policy Department of the National Defense Commission calling on Seoul to stop "hostile acts and military provocations."

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