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                US, South Korea Conduct Anti-Submarine Exercise

   by VOA News

   The United States and South Korea have kicked off a major
   anti-submarine drill, weeks after North Korea claimed it had
   successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile.

   The South's Defense Ministry released a statement Monday, calling the
   drill "the largest joint anti-submarine exercise the allies have ever
   staged, in terms of its scale and number of vessels involved."

   The exercise, which will run through Wednesday in waters off the
   southern resort island of Jeju, involves more than 10 vessels,
   including a South Korean Aegis destroyer, as well as submarines
   surveillance planes and helicopters.

   The drills come amid growing concern about the expansion of the North's
   nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
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