US - Japan - South Korea conduct Freedom Edge exercise for the first time

On June 27, the US, Japan and South Korea conducted the first trilateral exercise called Freedom Edge; in which Freedom is the first word in the name of the bilateral joint exercise Freedom Shield between the US and South Korea, and Edge is the last word in the name of the Keen Edge exercise between the US and Japan.

According to Yonhap, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the three-day exercise was conducted in international waters south of the resort island of Jeju, southern South Korea.

Freedom Edge mobilizes multiple warships and aircraft from three sides, including the US Navy's USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, the South Korean destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong, and the Japanese helicopter destroyer JS Ise. According to the JCS, this exercise will focus on ballistic missile defense, air defense, anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, maritime interdiction, and cyber defense training.

VIET KHUE

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/my-nhat-han-tap-tran-freedom-edge-lan-dau-tien-post746700.html