MADRID, 29 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
South Korea and the United States have carried out joint maneuvers this Saturday with the participation of the North American nuclear submarine deployed to the south of the peninsula, whose presence has been the subject of warnings from North Korea in the form of ballistic tests.
The submarine warfare exercises have been carried out on Jeju Island and the South Korean destroyer ‘Yulgok Yi I’, the South Korean submarine ‘Yi Sun Sin’ and the North American nuclear submarine ‘Annapolis’ have participated in them.
The exercises have raised “response procedures in the search, tracking and identification” of a hypothetical North Korean submarine, according to the statement published by the South Korean Navy and collected by the country’s official news agency, Yonhap.
The Navy adds that this exercise serves as “preparation for potential North Korean submarine infiltrations amid the growing threat posed by North Korea’s provocative missile tests.”
It should be recalled that North Korea conducted short-range ballistic missile tests on Monday after the arrival of the US Los Angeles-class submarine at the Jeju naval base early in the day.
