South Korea, US, Japan kick off missile warning drill

October 24, 2017

The Korea Herald:

South Korea, the United States and Japan on Tuesday began a two-day missile warning drill to better detect and track incoming missiles in the event of a possible North Korean attack.

According to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the joint military exercise took place in waters off the coasts of South Korea and Japan. Included in the drill were the Aegis destroyer Yulgok Yii of South Korea, the USS Stethem and USS Decatur Aegis destroyers from the US, and a JDS Kirishima destroyer from Japan.

The drill largely focused on having the warships detect and track an incoming missile via radar in a computer-simulated scenario. The scenario, however, did not include the process for intercepting a mock target, said the JCS.

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