韓国の海軍と海兵隊は先週、浦項（ポハン）にて1週間にわたる定例の上陸演習を開始したと月曜日に発表した。木曜日まで行われるこの演習には約3,200人の兵員が動員されている。今回の演習には、現代的な無人兵器が初めて組み込まれたほか、国際的な同盟国も参加している。
海軍と海兵隊は先週、ソウルから南東に約270キロ離れた南東部の都市、浦項の沿岸地域で1週間にわたる定例の上陸演習を開始したと、軍当局が月曜日に発表した。
月曜日には「決定的行動」段階の演習が行われ、海軍艦艇、輸送機、ヘリコプターによる上陸強襲訓練が実施されたほか、海軍の軍艦や攻撃ヘリコプターがこれを援護した。投入された装備には、KF-16戦闘機、P-8A海上哨戒機、およびROKS馬羅島（マラド）などの強襲揚陸艦を含む約20隻の海軍艦艇が含まれる。今年の演習には、現代戦の変化を反映し、沿岸・地上作戦用にドローンや監視資産が組み込まれた。
今回初めて、ニュージーランド陸軍の小隊が韓国海兵隊の部隊とともに上陸訓練に参加した。また、演習の一環として、米第7艦隊のチームも海兵隊の戦闘訓練に加わった。
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South Korea and Japan agreed on January 30 to resume joint naval search and rescue exercises after nine years during a meeting at Japan's Yokosuka base. The decision aims to strengthen defense cooperation between the two nations. The ministers discussed expanding collaboration in areas like artificial intelligence and space.
South Korea's Navy launched maneuvering drills this week to honor service members killed in Yellow Sea clashes with North Korea and to sharpen combat readiness. The four-day exercise, set to conclude Friday, included a Thursday ceremony marking the 16th anniversary of the Cheonan corvette sinking.
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South Korean and Canadian army troops launched their first joint high-tech military drills in South Korea earlier this week, officials said on Friday. The 11-day exercise runs through April 30 at the Korea Combat Training Center in Inje County. It aims to bolster bilateral military ties.
Top naval commanders of South Korea, the United States and Japan gathered in Seoul on Wednesday for talks to strengthen trilateral maritime security cooperation, South Korea's Navy said. The meeting included Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kim Kyung-ryul, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Stephen Koehler and Adm. Akira Saito, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, who held bilateral talks and a trilateral dinner. The discussions occurred amid Middle East tensions and U.S. requests for support in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command's naval and air forces conducted combat readiness patrols around Huangyan Island and its surrounding areas on Saturday, five days after US-Philippine drills in the region. The patrols aim to counter infringements and provocations by certain countries while safeguarding China's territorial sovereignty and upholding peace in the South China Sea. The operation involved multiple aircraft and vessels, including H-6K bombers and frigates.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a joint offensive drill featuring new battle tanks at Pyongyang Training Base No. 60 on March 19. His daughter Ju-ae was seen in the driving seat of one tank, and Kim praised the tanks as 'superior' and ordered their extensive equipping of ground troops.