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| SKorean troops stage drill near tense border |
| 2010-06-01 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Thousands of South Korean troops, backed by dozens of attack helicopters, staged an exercise Monday to thwart a simulated attack by North Korea near their tense border, military officials said. It was the biggest drill since cross-border tensions flared over the sinking of a South Korean warship on March 26 and follows an anti-submarine exercise by the South's navy last week. "One army corps was involved in today's exercise," a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff told AFP. The drill was held along a river in the northeastern county of Hwacheon just south of the border with North Korea, he said. The show of military strength included about 50 tanks and armored vehicles, which crossed a floating bridge backed by dozens of attack helicopters and self-propelled guns, military officials said. The drill was aimed at testing the South's response to either limited conflict or an all-out war with North Korea, Yonhap news agency said. |
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