{"id":28989,"date":"2013-02-19T07:27:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T06:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/02\/19\/289712\/s-korea-us-launch-naval-military-drill\/"},"modified":"2013-02-19T07:27:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T06:27:26","slug":"s-korea-us-launch-naval-military-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/s-korea-us-launch-naval-military-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"S Korea, US launch naval military drill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">This undated picture released on February 14, 2013 in Seoul by South Korean Defence Ministry shows the test-launch of its new cruise missile being fired from a warship.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>South Korea and the United States have launched a six-day-long naval military drill in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) amid a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula following Pyongyang\u2019s third nuclear test.<\/p>\n<p>The war game, which started on Tuesday, involved South Korean warships and submarines as well as American surveillance planes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The drill is aimed at testing our readiness against threats from the enemy,&#8221; a South Korean military spokesman said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The South\u2019s Defense Ministry also said that the maneuvers will prepare Soul to better detect and track North Korean missiles and submarines.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nIt is the latest in a series of military exercises staged by South Korea since the North launched a long-range rocket on December 12 and conducted its latest nuclear test on February 12.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear test drew immediate condemnation from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon along with several countries including the United States, South Korea, Russia and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has put its military on high alert, and has announced it has deployed a new cruise missile capable of hitting targets in North Korea \u201canywhere, anytime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>North Korea had carried out two previous nuclear tests on October 9, 2006, and May 25, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>DB\/HN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>This undated picture released on February 14, 2013 in Seoul by South Korean Defence Ministry shows the test-launch of its new cruise missile being fired from a warship.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>South Korea and the United States have launched a six-day-long naval military drill in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) amid a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula following Pyongyang&rsquo;s third nuclear test.<\/p>\n<p>The war game, which started on Tuesday, involved South Korean warships and submarines as well as American surveillance planes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The drill is aimed at testing our readiness against threats from the enemy,&#8221; a South Korean military spokesman said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The South&rsquo;s Defense Ministry also said that the maneuvers will prepare Soul to better detect and track North Korean missiles and submarines.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nIt is the latest in a series of military exercises staged by South Korea since the North launched a long-range rocket on December 12 and conducted its latest nuclear test on February 12.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear test drew immediate condemnation from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon along with several countries including the United States, South Korea, Russia and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has put its military on high alert, and has announced it has deployed a new cruise missile capable of hitting targets in North Korea &ldquo;anywhere, anytime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>North Korea had carried out two previous nuclear tests on October 9, 2006, and May 25, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>DB\/HN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}