Korea-US-Japan joint military drill ‘trilateral weapon combination missile destruction’ China ‘response’
A U.S. official revealed that the trilateral military exercises between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan were “destroying ballistic missiles in the trilateral weapons system combination” in response to North Korea and China, and included China’s response.
Citing multiple officials, the Wall Street Journal reported on the 14th that “annual trilateral military drills will include training to track and destroy ballistic missiles by combining radars, satellites, and weapon systems used by the three countries in real time.”
Regarding the holding of the Korea-Japan summit at the US President's villa, Yomiuri said at a press conference on the 13th, Deputy Director of National Security Kim Tae-hyo, "The momentum of Korea-US-Japan cooperation that has been steadily building since the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol government is an opportunity to hold a summit independently. It has become," it reported on the 13th.
Regarding Deputy Director Kim's briefing on the 13th, the Korean press said, "The leaders of the three countries will announce the results of the discussions between the leaders of the three countries through a joint press conference. in progress," he reported.
Deputy Director Kim continued, “We will be able to create and institutionalize the core framework of trilateral security cooperation in the future. The leaders of the three countries will focus on practical cooperation measures to jointly respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threat facing South Korea and the US and Japan," he said.
The Nikkei said, "It is expected that the three countries of Korea, the United States and Japan will reach an agreement on 'regularization of the talks' at the summit to be held at Camp David, the presidential villa near Washington on the 18th." reported on the 14th.
In particular, the Nikkei said that the scope of military cooperation among the three countries will be expanded from responding to North Korea to the Indo-Pacific region targeting China. We will also discuss relations with the Pacific Islands and economic security cooperation.”
Regarding the 'Korea-Japan bilateral talks' at the meeting at the US President's villa, Nikkei said, "Japan plans to discharge treated water into the sea at the end of this month at the earliest, so there are concerns in Korea." We will ask for your understanding.”
Junichi Takase, a professor at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in Japan, told the Nikkei about the trilateral military training system in Korea, the US, and Japan, “In order to contain China, the United States, Japan, Australia, and India are willing to participate in the security cooperation Quad, and the US, Britain, and Australia’s Ocus ( AUKUS), there have recently been many frameworks for exercising political and military power in the US-led China and North Korea,” he said.