the u.s. navy moving an aircraft carrier strike are group into the waters off the korean peninsula following a series of missile launches over the past two weeks. paula hancocks is in seoul, south korea. paula, we just learned in the last few minutes there appears to have been another missile launch from north korea. what more do we know? well, erica, this particular thing we ve heard about in the last few minutes from the joint chiefs of staff wasn t a missile launch. we re told it was some kind of an aircraft firing exercise they believe. 12 north korean aircraft were detected carrying out some sort of exercise outside of the special surveillance line. this line is in north korea, but it is a virtual line that if any north korean aircraft come below that point, south korea responds. they did that. they mobilized 30 aircraft according to the joint chiefs of 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
South Korea, the United States and Japan have held naval drills involving a U.S. aircraft carrier to improve their joint operability against North Korea s nuclear and missile threats, the South s Navy said.
The Seawolf-1/2024 naval drill started Sunday in seas around Türkiye. The drill, which will end on Jan. 16, covers the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Eastern.