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The decision prompted yet another missile test by Pyongyang
US redeploys aircraft carrier to Korea
FILE PHOTO: The US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan conducts routine operations in the Philippine Sea, May 30, 2020. © US Navy / Ltjg. Samuel Hardgrove
The US military has stationed an aircraft carrier strike group off the coast of South Korea in retaliation for a recent missile launch by the North, redeploying the powerful naval unit just weeks after its first visit in several years.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the move on Wednesday, saying that an American carrier strike group led by the USS Ronald Reagan would soon return to the East Sea.
“The redeployment of the carrier strike group on the Korean peninsula is very unusual and demonstrates the resolute will of the [South Korean]-US alliance against successive North Korean provocations and threats,” Seoul’s military said, adding that it would continue “close cooperation” with the United States.
The US aircraft carrier and its support vessels – which visited South Korean waters last month in their first trip to the peninsula since 2018 – were sent in retaliation for a missile test by Pyongyang earlier this week. The trial saw munitions cross the East Sea all the way into Japanese airspace, prompting immediate condemnation from Washington, Seoul and Tokyo alike.
US redeploys aircraft carrier to Korea
FILE PHOTO: The US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan conducts routine operations in the Philippine Sea, May 30, 2020. © US Navy / Ltjg. Samuel Hardgrove
The US military has stationed an aircraft carrier strike group off the coast of South Korea in retaliation for a recent missile launch by the North, redeploying the powerful naval unit just weeks after its first visit in several years.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the move on Wednesday, saying that an American carrier strike group led by the USS Ronald Reagan would soon return to the East Sea.
“The redeployment of the carrier strike group on the Korean peninsula is very unusual and demonstrates the resolute will of the [South Korean]-US alliance against successive North Korean provocations and threats,” Seoul’s military said, adding that it would continue “close cooperation” with the United States.
The US aircraft carrier and its support vessels – which visited South Korean waters last month in their first trip to the peninsula since 2018 – were sent in retaliation for a missile test by Pyongyang earlier this week. The trial saw munitions cross the East Sea all the way into Japanese airspace, prompting immediate condemnation from Washington, Seoul and Tokyo alike.
