Japan, U.S., South Korea hold maritime drills after North Korea ICBM firing

Japan carried out joint maritime drills with the United States and South Korea on Wednesday following North Korea's latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile late last week, the Defense Ministry said.The exercises involving the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, as well as U.S. and South Korean Aegis ships, were conducted in the Sea of Japan, the ministry said.The destroyers were engaged in information sharing on the assumption of ballistic missile launches and other military activities by other nations,…READ FULL ARTICLE