Amid Heightened Tensions, Naval Drills Planned With U.S.
June 03 2010
South Korea and the United States will hold a joint large-scale naval exercise in the Yellow Sea next week, reports the Korea Times.
The exercise comes about two months after North Korea allegedly sank a South Korean corvette with a torpedo.
Participants from the U.S. 7th Fleet are the aircraft carrier George Washington (CVN-73), nuclear attack submarines, Aegis warships and amphibious assault vessels to take part in the training.
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