Chinanews, August 8 According to reports from South Korean media, a number of South Korean military and government sources revealed on the 8th that South Korea and the United States will launch a joint military exercise in the second half of the year on August 16.
Taking into account the risk of the spread of the epidemic, the scale of the joint performance will be smaller than that in March.
According to reports, the Korean epidemic prevention department believes that the delta strain of the new crown virus is still accelerating the spread and there is a risk of being infected after being vaccinated with the new crown vaccine. It is strongly recommended that the two militaries strictly abide by the epidemic prevention regulations.
Some analysts pointed out that this will have a greater impact on the scale of the joint performance between South Korea and the United States.
Data map: The South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters and the South Korean-US Joint Command conducted a joint military exercise code-named "Key Decision."
The picture shows the South Korean K-9 self-propelled howitzer entering the exercise assembly area.
According to reports, South Korea and the United States will hold a crisis management staff training from the 10th to the 13th, and then a joint command post exercise in the second half of the year from the 16th to the 26th.
Due to the reduction in the number of participants, the South Korean and US military plans to conduct more adequate training in advance from the 10th. Therefore, in fact, starting from the 10th, it will enter the training phase.
Following the exercise in the first half of the year, there will be no full operational capability (FOC) verification and evaluation for the transfer of combat power in this exercise, but it will pass the preliminary assessment of the rehearsal theater operations, whether the future joint command led by the Korean general will have the capability The ability to command theater operations.
General Jin Shengqian, deputy commander of the Korea-US Joint Command, served as the commander of the first and second phases of the exercise to direct the rehearsal.
The South Korean military and government originally planned to finalize the specific time for the resumption of wartime combat command in 2021, but from the current situation, this goal has been difficult to achieve, and it may be difficult to evaluate the ability to transfer war power in the first half of 2022.
In addition, in accordance with practice, South Korea and the United States will inform North Korea of the schedule and nature of the exercise through the direct hotline on the day when the joint military exercise schedule for the second half of the year is announced.
On the evening of August 1, Kim Yo-jung, vice minister of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, called on South Korea to cancel the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States.