U.S. troops in South Korea step up missile defense drills

U.S. forces stationed in South Korea have increased the intensity of exercises involving the Patriot missile defense system amid growing signs of another North Korean missile test.U.S. Forces Korea on Tuesday said in a statement that an air defense artillery brigade conducted air and missile defense operations with the Patriot missile system emplaced, adding the reinforced exercises underscore "the seriousness" with which USFK takes North Korea's recent missile launches.The announcement of the beefed-up drills comes as speculation has been growing that North Korea will test an intercontinen…READ FULL ARTICLE