The carrier’s arrival comes after North Korea recently passed a new law designed to authorize the preemptive use of nuclear weapons in certain conditions.
This photo taken on June 26, 2018 shows the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan anchored off Manila bay. - A US aircraft carrier visited the Philippines on June 26, the third such call in four months, as its commander cited AmA U.S. aircraft carrier is to visit South Korea this week for its first joint training with South Korean warships in five years, officials said Monday, in an apparent show of force against increasing North Korean nuclear threats.
It would be the first such joint drills involving a U.S. aircraft carrier near the peninsula since 2017, when the U.S. sent three aircraft carriers including the Reagan for naval drills with South Korea in response to North Korean nuclear and missile tests, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry.
After a meeting in Washington last week, senior U.S. and South Korean officials said in a statement that that "any nuclear attack would be met with an overwhelming and decisive response." The statement said the United States reiterated "its ironclad and unwavering commitment to draw on the full range of its military capabilities, including nuclear " to provide extended deterrence to South Korea.
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