US aircraft carrier kicks off joint drill with South Korean navy

The US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson have kicked off a joint drill with the South Korean navy, officials said, as tensions rose over North Korea’s latest test‑fire of a ballistic missile.

A defence ministry spokesman says that immediately after the aircraft carrier arrived in the Sea of Japan, South Korea and the US strike forces launched a drill.

The drill came hours after the North launched a ballistic missile in apparent defiance of a concerted US push for tougher international sanctions to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons ambitions.

Source: News.com.au