The Korea Herald

South Korea and the United States have already carried out joint air and missile defense exercises as scheduled earlier this year, the defense minister said Wednesday, even though the two sides postponed an annual springtime drill due to the coronavirus.

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo disclosed during a meeting of top military commanders that the South and the US conducted a combined Air Force combat readiness posture drill and a missile defense system integration exercise “normally as planned in the first half of this year.”

Jeong did not elaborate further.

But a military officer said that the two sides “carried out the MD exercises under the scenario of North Korea’s missile threats to share intelligence on such firings and coordinate responses,” adding it is one of the regular exercises between the two countries.

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