US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for trilateral exercise

SeoulSeoul. The nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Saturday for a trilateral exercise with Japan. South Korea, Japan and the US are conducting this military exercise amid constant threats from North Korea. The recent new agreement between North Korea and Russia has increased the worries of these countries. A day before the aircraft carrier ‘USS Theodore Roosevelt’ reached Busan South Korea

had summoned the Russian ambassador and expressed objection to a major agreement reached between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The defense chiefs of the United States, South Korea and Japan met in Singapore earlier this month and worked together to ‘Freedom’s Edge’ The exercise was announced. The South Korean military has not yet given any details about this exercise. Rear Admiral Christopher Alexander, commander of ‘Carrier Strike Group Nine’, said that the aim of this exercise is to increase the tactical efficiency of the ships and improve the interoperability between the navies of the countries so that they can be prepared to deal with any crisis.