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November 06, 2024
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US, ROK hold tabletop drills on responding to North Korean nuclear attacks

Exercise comes days after DPRK missile launches, with South Korean delegation set to visit US nuclear submarine base

The U.S. and South Korea held a tabletop exercise at the Pentagon on Wednesday that was scheduled to practice responses to a North Korean nuclear attack, days after the DPRK test-fired long-range missile and “tactical nuclear” rockets.

Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters that the Deterrent Strategy Committee Tabletop Exercise (DSC TTX) was carried out as planned but said further details will be shared later. She added that North Korea’s missile launches “destabilize” the region.

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