The DPRK has accused South Korea and the United States of working out of military invasion - The Independent
The Independent writes about it. The annual summer training occurs against the background of increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula against the background of how North Korea is increasingly demonstrating its defensive potential. The training began a few hours after the North Korean Foreign Ministry published a statement that repeated the statement that such exercises were provocative.
North Korea's nuclear ambitions have been reported to be justified and it is extremely important to "maintain the balance of strength to prevent war from accumulating the greatest restraining potential. " The US and South Korea have called their shared teaching defense, in recent years they have expanded and improved their training to cope with changing threats from the North.
Ulchi Freedom Shield, which will last 11 days, until August 29, involves computer simulation of military games and more than 40 types of field exercises, including with combat shooting. According to the Allies, this year's program is aimed at increasing readiness for various North Korean threats, including missiles, GPS muffling and cyberattacks. Training should also reflect lessons learned from recent armed conflicts. About 19,000 South Korean servicemen will take part in the exercises.
They will be conducted simultaneously with civil defense and evacuation training from Monday to Thursday and will include programs based on North Korean nuclear attack scenarios. Washington's representatives did not confirm the number of US troops involved in the exercise and did not inform whether the US strategic assets would be involved.
In recent months, the United States has increased the regional deployment of long -range bombers, submarines and aircraft carriers to study with the South Korean and Japanese forces. Training can provoke a militant reaction from North Korea, which disposes of its arms program and threatens the nuclear conflicts of Washington and Seoul.
Earlier this month, the Head of the State Council of DPRK Kim Jong -in staged a large -scale ceremony in the capital of the DPRK Pyongyang to mark the supply of 250 nuclear missile units for advanced military units and called for the continuous expansion of the nuclear program of its military. Recall that the Armed Forces in the Kursk region combine efforts by 1000 km, exceed heavy armored vehicles and military.