With South Korea, US ships conduct anti-missile drill
On Thursday to practice shooting down missiles in the Sea of Japan U.S. warships from the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group teamed up with South Korean and Japanese destroyers, a show of force following multiple launches by North Korea this week. During a press briefing on Thursday Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said that “The exercises also demonstrate the deep strength of our trilateral relationship with Japan and the Republic of Korea, which is resolute against those who challenge regional stability”. Japan and the Republic of Korea conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defence exercise in the Sea of Japan, Oct. 6, 2022, Ships from the U.S. The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville and guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold joined one South Korean vessel and two Japanese destroyers in the Sea of Japan for the exercise, according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. “Chancellorsville provided air defence to the units as they conducted the ballistic missile exe...