The commander of U.S. forces in South Korea provided a detailed look at the increasing threat posed by the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un last week.
Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, who also heads the United Nations Command and Combined Forces Command, told a Senate committee that U.S. forces on the peninsula have increased military readiness with additional munitions, including deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) — despite intense pressure from China to block the powerful missile defense system.
Robust military exercises also were held last year, and in November three aircraft carrier battle groups conducted a rare tri-carrier strike exercise in a show of force. B-1 bomber flights and live firings of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, also were carried out as part of U.S.-South Korea joint efforts to deter continued threats from North Korea.
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