U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Joint training with the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Sea of ​​Japan Is it restraining North Korea?

The US Navy has revealed that the US Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is conducting joint training with the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Sea of ​​Japan.

With the possibility of further ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests by North Korea being pointed out, it seems that there is an aim to restrain North Korea.

NHK took a picture of the US Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" passing through the Tsushima Strait in the east direction from a helicopter around noon on the 11th.

In the surrounding area, it was confirmed that the US Navy destroyer "Spruance" and the Maritime Self-Defense Force escort ship "Inazuma" were sailing.

According to Ministry of Defense officials, these ships are participating in joint training in the Sea of ​​Japan.

It has been revealed that the U.S. Navy's carrier has deployed to the Sea of ​​Japan since November 2017, five years before North Korea repeated nuclear tests and launches ICBM = intercontinental ballistic missile-class missiles. ..

The 7th Fleet of the U.S. Navy revealed to NHK on the 12th that a carrier strike group centered on the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" is conducting joint training with the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Sea of ​​Japan. Did.

Regarding training, the Seventh Fleet said it was "regular" and "reassured US involvement in maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific to allies and partners and increased the credibility of deterrence. ".

Last month, the U.S. military announced that it had conducted an exercise in the Yellow Sea on the west side of the Korean Peninsula in response to a series of ballistic missile launches by North Korea, in which the carrier-based aircraft of "Abraham Lincoln" participated. We are becoming more vigilant against movement.

North Korea will launch more ballistic missiles and raise national prestige ahead of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of Kim Jong Un on the 15th of this month. The possibility of conducting a second nuclear test has also been pointed out, and it seems that the United States aims to restrain North Korea by showing cooperation between Japan and the United States through joint training.