On a day intended to mark peace on the Korean Peninsula, war games by South Korea and the United States on the East Sea demonstrated the tensions that still exist between North and South Korea.
The AP reports:
The exercises involve about 20 ships, 200 aircraft and about 8,000 U.S. and South Korean sailors. At the center of the maneuvers is the USS George Washington, a floating fortress that can carry up to 70 aircraft and more than 5,000 sailors and aviators.
As fighters flew off the decks of the carrier and South Korea’s defense minister toured the ship, about a half dozen destroyers stepped up their part of the drills by dropping anti-submarine bombs and firing artillery at target drones.