staff. you can see this htit for tat i starting to escalate. we know the u.s.s. ronald reagan is back in the waters off the east coast of south korea. there s been another naval drill between the u.s., south korea and japan. they say in response to the number of missile launches they ve seen from north korea, six missile launches in just the past 12 days. this particular naval drill was to detect, track and intercept missiles. so clearly training for something that is very pertinent to what we re seeing at this point. we did hear from north korea today as well, the foreign ministry speaking through state-run media saying they think it s the u.s. destabilizing the korean peninsula and the reason they re carrying out these lawn launches is because they carried out drills last week.
A major multinational naval exercise led by the U.S. Navy has been launched in the Pacific with 25 other nations participating amid growing U.S.-China tensions.
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