Trilateral 'Freedom Edge' Defense Exercise Begins - TaiwanPlus News
At the same time as RIMPAC, the United States, Japan and South Korea have launched their first ever trilateral defense exercises. the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt arrived in South Korea earlier this week for the drills, just as North Korea carried out ballistic missile tests. Japanese and South Korean destroyers will carry out exercises alongside the US carrier group for three days. US, Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to the exercises, named Freedom Edge, at their summit meeting at Camp David last August.