SKorea, US, Japan anti-North Korea submarine drills

The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese navies began their first anti-submarine drills in six months on Monday to boost their coordination against increasing North Korean missile threats.

The maritime exercises at international waters off South Korea’s southern island of Jeju involved the nuclear-powered USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and destroyers from South Korea, the U.S. and Japan. The training was arranged to improve the three countries’ capacities to respond to underwater security threats posed by North Korea’s advancing submarine-launched ballistic missiles and other assets.