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After North Korea's ICBM test launch, South Korea and the US have been discussing the deployment of strategic assets for the US military, but our coverage confirmed that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was moving.

Four days later, on the 15th, North Korea's biggest holiday, the Day of the Sun, as the signs of North Korea's armed provocations intensify, the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier will come to the East Sea this week to conduct training and operations.



This is the exclusive report by Kim Tae-hoon, a reporter specializing in defense.



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The current location of the US Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is in the southern seas of the East China Sea.



It is known that they turned their bow to the northeast and started moving toward their next destination.



A high-ranking government source told SBS, "The plan to enter the high seas of the East Sea is underway in the middle of this week."



A USFK official said, "We discussed not only with the Korean government but also with the transition committee."



It is the first time in four years and five months since the three carriers gathered in the East Sea in November 2017, when North Korea conducted ICBM test launches and nuclear tests one after another.



Abraham Lincoln is a carrier that checked the test firing of North Korean ICBMs by sortieing aircraft into the West Sea on the 15th of last month.



On the 15th, Kim Il-sung's birthday, the Day of the Sun, there are signs that North Korea will launch an additional ICBM or conduct a seventh nuclear test. is.



The Lincoln Carrier may conduct joint naval exercises with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the southern seas of the East Sea and the South Korean Navy, respectively.



After that, it is expected that they will conduct reconnaissance operations targeting North Korea's nuclear and missile facilities, including ground target strike drills using warplanes and the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, without returning immediately.



(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon, CG: Kim Jong-un)