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Nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrives in S. Korea

A U.S. nuclear-powered supercarrier will arrive in South Korea later Sunday to join a combined exercise, the military here said.The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) will make a port visit to Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to join the March 7-18 Key Resolve military exercise between South Korea and the United States.The 103,000-ton aircraft carrier will lead the 7,000-strong USS John C. Stennis Strike Group.Three other guided-missile destroyers ― the USS Stockdale, USS Chung-Hoon and USS William P. Lawrence ― will join the Busan port visit, along with the USS Mobile Bay cruiser.The USS John C. Stennis is the U.S. Navy's seventh Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered supercarrier, loaded with navy and marine aircraft including the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-6B Prowler combat jets as well as the E-2C Hawkeye early-warning aircraft.The aircraft carrier's two nuclear reactors provide almost unlimited range of operation and a maximum speed of some 56 kilometers per hour.During the visit, the carrier's personnel will visit and engage with their South Korean Navy partners and conduct cultural e

Mar 13, 2016
Nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrives in S. Korea

Seoul, Washington stage joint landing drill

South Korea and the United States on Saturday staged a massive landing drill in an eastern coastal port city, the largest of its kind, amid continued provocations from Pyongyang.The latest exercise mobilized 17,200 soldiers, including around 12,200 U.S. Marine and Navy troops in Pohang for the exercise, South Korea's Marine Corps said.Sources said the drill mobilized key U.S. vessels including the USS Bonhomme Richard and amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland.The drill also focused on destroying major enemy installations through special troops including the elite Underwater Demolition Team.Australia and New Zealand also participated in the drill. The two countries are among the 17 nations that are currently stationing military forces under the flag of the United Nations Command, which fought for South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War.This marks the largest contingent of soldiers that Australia has ever sent to the landing exercise being staged in the eastern coastal port city of Pohang. And it is the first time that New Zealand has dispatched troops to the drill.Tensions have b

Mar 12, 2016

Seoul needs more control over security to prevent nuke armament: scholars

Growing calls for South Korea's nuclear armament should be addressed in the long-term by restoring Seoul's control over its security and diplomatic matters, two prominent American scholars said. In a column contributed to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Brad Glosserman, executive director of the Pacific Forum, a program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and David Santoro, senior fellow of the CSIS, made the claim, adding that Washington's key ally needs to be kept informed.The scholars said that until recently, the U.S. handled most matters and consulted with its ally on an "ad hoc basis," which left South Koreans mostly on the receiving end of U.S. decisions. "Frustration" thus grew among South Koreans amid rising nuclear threats, they noted.Commenting on the failure to alter North Korea's provocative behavior, they said neither Seoul's pro-engagement attempts nor hard-line policies have been successful. They also noted that the "apparent fecklessness" of Washington's policy toward Pyongyang, dubbed "strategic patience," and China's reluctance to app

Mar 11, 2016

Record number of Australian, New Zealand troops taking part in joint military drill

A record number of troops from Australia and New Zealand are taking part in the ongoing joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States, which aim to bolster the allied forces' ability to deal with emergency situations, a military official said Friday.Seoul and Washington kicked off the annual Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises for a weekslong run Monday in South Korea, mobilizing some 300,000 local troops, along with 17,000 U.S. forces.The Key Resolve is a two-week command post-based exercise, while the Foal Eagle is an eight-week field training war game that includes the massive Ssangyong landing drill set for Saturday. This year's exercises will be the biggest of their kind in size as they come on the heels of North Korea's surprise nuclear test in January and a long-range missile test last month. The amphibious landing exercise involving Navy and Marine forces will also gather together some 130 Australian and 50 New Zealand troops in addition to personnel from the two allies, the military source said.This marks the largest contingent of soldiers that Australi

Mar 11, 2016

Australian, New Zealand troops join drills here

By Rachel LeeAbout 200 Australian and New Zealand soldiers have teamed up in the joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises that started Monday.According to South Korean military officials, Friday, around 130 soldiers from the Australian Army and 60 from the New Zealand Defense Force are taking part in the biennial Ssang Yong 16 exercise.This is the first time New Zealand has participated, while Australia has boosted its contingent this year from 100 soldiers in 2014.“More Australian and New Zealand troops are participating in the Korea-US joint exercise than ever before, showing the international community’s strong will to restrain reckless provocations by North Korea,” an official said.Australia and New Zealand are members of the 17-nation United Nations Command (UNC) and participated in the Korean War (1950-53).Some 5,000 South Korean Marines and Navy personnel and 12,200 of their U.S. counterparts are participating in Ssang Yong 16.On Saturday, the four countries will conduct a simulated amphibious assault on beaches near Pohang, during which they will penetrate

Mar 11, 2016

Army serviceman attempts suicide in border area

A noncommissioned Army officer was seriously injured in a suspected suicide attempt near the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Friday, a military official said.The sergeant first class, whose identification was withheld, shot himself at around 10:00 a.m. at his place of duty in Yeoncheon, located midway along the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two Koreas, the official said.He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but his injury is not life-threatening, according to the official who asked not to be named. The military is investigating the motive of the incident although "the sergeant first class appears to have attempted suicide," he said.On Wednesday, another soldier, an Army officer, was found dead in the area in what was suspected to be a suicide by pistol. (Yonhap)

Mar 11, 2016

S. Korea deploys anti-aircraft missiles along maritime border

South Korea has deployed a newly developed anti-aircraft missile system along the maritime border with North Korea in the Yellow Sea, a military official said Thursday."The surface-to-air guided missile system, Cheongung, was placed in the northwest islands area early this year to defend it from North Korean aircraft," the military official said, asking not to be named.The system can intercept North Korean airplanes or other hostile aircraft penetrating into South Korean airspace with almost no warning, the official noted. The maritime border area, dotted with a group of South Korean-controlled islands, has witnessed several inter-Korean military clashes in the past decade. In November 2010, North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island, killing four civilians and soldiers.The deployed medium-range missile system was developed by South Korean weapons manufacturer LIG Nex 1 in 2011 and passed the military's operational requirement verification test in July last year. The 3-D radar-equipped system can intercept aircraft and missiles within a 40-kilometer range at an altitude lower than 40 km.

Mar 10, 2016

S. Korea and US upgrading combined air operations command center

South Korea and the United States are upgrading their command center for combined air operations in a bid to intensify information sharing on North Korea, a military official said Wednesday.The overhaul of the Korean Air and Space Operations Center (KAOC) that kicked off last year will take several years to finish, the official said, asking not to be named."Currently, it is in the initial stages and redesign is underway," he noted. The KAOC, at the United States Force Korea's Osan Air Base, commands and controls the allies' joint air and space operations at wartime and is also in charge of directing missile operations by all branches of the military.In peacetime, the center serves as an air control tower for military aircraft. The current KAOC, built in 1983, has become outdated with time and does not have up-to-date technologies to control cutting-edge weapon systems, according to some military sources."The update will enable the militaries of South Korea and the U.S. to have the closest information sharing system among any alliance in the world," the military official said.Separate

Mar 9, 2016

US aircraft carrier to arrive in Busan this week

The United States' nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), will arrive in South Korea's southern port city of Busan this week to join a combined military exercise, said U.S. naval forces stationed here.The 7,000-strong USS John C. Stennis Strike Group will make a port visit to Busan on Sunday, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, or CNFK, said in a statement on Monday. The group is led by the 103,000-ton aircraft carrier, that is also the group's flagship.Three other guided-missile destroyers - the USS Stockdale, USS Chung-Hoon and USS William P. Lawrence -- will join the Busan port visit, along with the USS Mobile Bay cruiser, CNFK said.The local visit is part of the carrier strike group's participation in the annual Key Resolve military exercise between South Korea and the U.S, which will run from March 7-18.This year's exercise marks the largest of its kind as the allies strengthen their defense cooperation against North Korea's increasing nuclear and missile threats.Earlier this year, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and one more long-range

Mar 7, 2016

S. Korea, US begin largest-ever military drills on striking N. Korea leadership

South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest-ever annual joint military exercises on Monday with a special focus on bolstering the allies' wartime capability to launch precision strikes on North Korea's top leadership, officials said Monday.The Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises, each a command post-based and field training war game, began their weeks-long schedules amid escalating military tensions between South and North Korea following Pyongyang's nuclear and long-range missile tests earlier this year.North Korea threatened to launch an "all-out offensive" against Seoul and Washington as the allies kicked off the joint exercises earlier in the day.This year's exercises mobilize some 17,000 U.S. troops, the largest number of American forces in about 40 years and about twice the size of a year earlier, according to military officials here.The U.S. will also deploy the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), a nuclear-powered submarine, aerial tanker aircraft and reportedly the B-2 stealth bomber during the annual springtime exercises. From the

Mar 7, 2016
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