South Korea’s air force announced that the country’s military held its first trilateral air exercise with the United States and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea’s increasing nuclear threats.
According to Kabul 24; In the statement of the South Korean Air Force, which was published on this occasion, it is stated: “In this exercise, which was held in line with the agreement of the three countries to deepen joint military cooperation and strengthen military capabilities in order to deal with the nuclear and missile threats of North Korea, a bomb The American B-52 bomber with the ability to carry atomic bombs participated along with the fighters of South Korea and Japan.
Although the three countries occasionally hold trilateral naval exercises, Sunday’s exercise is their first trilateral air exercise.
South Korea and Japan are both important military allies of the United States in Southeast Asia, which together host about 80,000 American troops.
However, the holding of joint military exercises between Japan and South Korea is highly sensitive to South Korean public opinion due to the history of Japan’s colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945, but the development of North Korea’s missile and nuclear program is a military cooperation between the two countries. has forced the country.
The agreement between America, Japan and South Korea to develop military cooperation and hold annual joint exercises was reached during the August meeting of the leaders of these countries in Camp David; A deal that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has strongly condemned, accusing the leaders of the United States, South Korea and Chapan of plotting to provoke a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
Many analysts believe that America is forming a new NATO in Asia centered on Japan and South Korea.
Speculations that have been rejected by the United States.
