The U.S. and South Korea plan to hold large-scale military drills in a move set to anger Pyongyang, which has promised an unprecedented response to the exercises and threatened to turn the Pacific Ocean into its “firing range.”
The two allies will hold their “Freedom Shield” exercise from March 13-23, which will bolster a “joint defense posture in the face of North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat,” the militaries from the U.S. and South Korea said Friday in a statement.
The drills would feature large-scale joint outdoor movement training, including joint landing training and reflect “modified security environments” as a result of North Korean advancements in its missile and nuclear arms capabilities, the statement said.
