SEOUL, March 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the United States started their annual joint springtime war games on Wednesday amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula.
"Foal Eagle," field training exercises involving ground, air and naval forces, will run through the end of April. Separately the allies plan to conduct "Key Resolve," a computer-simulated command post exercise, starting March 13, Yonhap quoted the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying.
Citing the ballistic missile launch of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Feb. 12, South Korea and the United States plan to stage the largest-ever joint drills this year, with the largest number of U.S. troops and strategic assets to be mobilized for this year's joint drills.
In last year's drill, about 17,000 U.S. soldiers and the nuclear-powered John C. Stennis aircraft carrier were involved.
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