Japan-U.S.-Korea joint training conducted off the coast of Jeju, South Korea…JMSDF “Kongou” also participates

The US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was deployed near the Korean Peninsula, where the US and South Korean navies and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted joint training exercises.
On the 17th, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced, ``From January 15th until today,
``Japan, the United States, and South Korea conducted maritime training on the international waters of the United States,'' and added, ``This exercise included two ships, including the Korean Navy's Yi Jisoo, the King Sejong, and a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Carl Vinson, belonging to the US Navy's 1st Carrier Strike Group. "Such
A total of nine ships participated, including five ships and two ships, including the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Jisoo destroyer Kongo. This training was conducted in response to recent nuclear and missile threats and underwater threats from North Korea.
The purpose is to improve the deterrence and response capabilities of Japan, the United States, and South Korea, and to respond to maritime security threats such as maritime blockades to the maritime transport of weapons of mass destruction.
Carl Vinson is a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier belonging to the U.S. 3rd Fleet commissioned in 1982, and is a F35C and FA18 combat aircraft carrier.
It will carry approximately 90 aircraft including aircraft. Carl Vinson also visited South Korea in November last year, where he conducted joint maritime training between Japan, the United States, and South Korea on the high seas south of Jeju.
Kim Myung-soo, chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, ``The Japan-U.S.-South Korean maritime exercises are a response to North Korea's increasingly sophisticated situation.
``We will continue to further strengthen the mutual assistance posture between Japan, the United States, and South Korea based on the multi-year trilateral training program.''