S. Korean naval drill has North seething
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August 6, 2010, Friday
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SOUTH Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off yesterday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago.
Some 4,500 South Korean troops aboard more than 20 ships and submarines as well as about 50 aircraft were mobilized to take part in five days of naval exercises off the west coast, including spots near the two Koreas' maritime border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
North Korea called the drill a military provocation that threatened to re-ignite war on the Korean peninsula.
"If the puppet warmongers dare ignite a war, (North Korea) will mercilessly destroy the provokers and their stronghold by mobilizing the most powerful war tactics and offensive means beyond imagination," the ruling Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said in a statement.
The drill comes just weeks after South Korea's joint military exercises with the US off the east coast - maneuvers held in response to the deadly March sinking of the Cheonan warship, which killed 46 South Korean sailors.
Some 4,500 South Korean troops aboard more than 20 ships and submarines as well as about 50 aircraft were mobilized to take part in five days of naval exercises off the west coast, including spots near the two Koreas' maritime border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
North Korea called the drill a military provocation that threatened to re-ignite war on the Korean peninsula.
"If the puppet warmongers dare ignite a war, (North Korea) will mercilessly destroy the provokers and their stronghold by mobilizing the most powerful war tactics and offensive means beyond imagination," the ruling Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said in a statement.
The drill comes just weeks after South Korea's joint military exercises with the US off the east coast - maneuvers held in response to the deadly March sinking of the Cheonan warship, which killed 46 South Korean sailors.
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