SEOUL, March 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's military on Monday carried out maneuver training exercises in rear areas against possible terrorist attacks from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yonhap news agency reported.
The South Korean army's second headquarters of operations in charge of defending rear areas in the country's southern region commanded the maneuvers that mobilized about 250 South Korean special forces troops and some 20 helicopters.
The maneuvers assumed a situation, in which DPRK forces threaten terror attacks against key South Korean infrastructure facilities in the southern region.
The mobilized choppers, including South Korea's homegrown Surion helicopters as well as CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, carried the special forces personnel to virtual enemy-infiltrating areas.
The maneuvers came in connection with the Foal Eagle field training exercise, a joint U.S.-South Korean annual war game that kicked off a week earlier along with the Key Resolve command post exercise.
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