The United States and South Korean militaries announced today that they are conducting a series of joint live-fire military exercises near the border with North Korea.
The exercises take place just 30 kilometers from the Demilitarized Zone that delimits the two countries, technically still at war.
The military maneuvers, the South Korean Armed Forces explained, began a week ago and will continue for another two weeks, including live fire at the Rodriguez firing range, a complex located in Pocheon that is used for this type of maneuver.
According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, the maneuvers involve 2,000 soldiers and 150 combat teams, including South Korean "K1A2" tanks and "K21" infantry fighting vehicles, as well as "Stryker" vehicles, howitzers, "Apache" helicopters and "A-10" ground attack aircraft.
In this sense, the armed forces of both countries plan to form small battalions to carry out training in support of the air force, as well as artillery strikes and air defense.
According to the South Korean military, these exercises are intended to "strengthen combined operational and defense capabilities" and help US troops on the ground "adapt their Stryker vehicles to pre-existing conditions on the Korean peninsula."
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