China News Service, March 8 reported that the South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters stated that South Korea and the United States will hold a nine-day spring joint military exercise from the 8th, but due to the new crown epidemic, the scale of the exercise will be smaller than in previous years and will not The full combat capability of the future joint command will be evaluated.
According to the analysis, this may affect the timetable for the transfer of command in wartime.
Data map: South Korean and American soldiers participate in joint exercises.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that after “fully considering the new crown epidemic, the maintenance of combat readiness, and the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the establishment of peace,” it was “decided to start on March 8. A nine-day joint command post exercise."
It is reported that this exercise is a defensive command post exercise in accordance with the annual routine computer simulation training.
The scale of the joint exercise is smaller than in previous years, and no field maneuver training will be implemented.
What is even more interesting is that the full combat capability of the future joint command is not evaluated in this exercise.
The South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters stated that the exercise will rehearse part of the theater operations led by the Future Joint Command, commanded by the South Korean Army’s four-star generals, in preparation for the future verification of full combat capabilities. “Through these measures, the transfer of operational command will achieve substantial Sexual progress".
However, analysis believes that the reduction of the scale of the exercise may affect South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s goal of completing the handover before the end of his term in 2022.