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Japan, S Korea, US hold joint drills after N Korea’s ICBM launch

A Hwasong-18 ICBM is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2023 [File: KCNA via Reuters]

Japan, South Korea and the United States have held a joint naval missile defence exercise to counter North Korea’s “nuclear and missile threats”, days after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

The drill on Sunday was conducted in international waters between South Korea and Japan and brought together destroyers equipped with Aegis radar systems from the three countries, the South Korean Navy said.

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