SEOUL, March 27. /TASS/. South Korea and the United States launched on Friday a large-scale joint maritime training exercise designed to strengthen interoperability in amphibious operations between the allies’ forces, South Korea’s Navy has said.
The five-day maneuvers in South Korea’s southern port city of Pohang are part of the annual landing drill known as Ssangyong.
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The war game involves up to 7,600 marines and sailors of the two countries, 30 naval vessels, 80 aircraft and 40 armored vehicles.
Among them are three US amphibious ships - Bonhomme Richard, Green Bay and Ashland, the Navy said.
The troops will practice maritime reconnaissance, infiltration and large-scale gunfire exercises, it said.
The Ssangyong maneuvers are part of the ongoing annual US-South Korea drills, Foal Eagle, that are to complete on April 24. The drills involve 200,000 South Korean and 3,700 US troops.