South Korea, US commandos practice raiding enemy facility as North Korea tensions rise
US-South Korea Joint Exercise
SouthKorean and USspecial forces troops recently conducted drills simulating the infiltration of an enemy facility,as tensions with NorthKorearatchet up ahead of a year-end deadline.
SouthKorean and UScommandos raided the facility and led out a man with his hands tied behind the back during the exercise described as a joint regular close-quarters battle training last month at a USmilitary base in thesouthwesternSouthKorean city of Gunsan.
ASouthKorean official said the drill was designed as a hostage rescue operation training as part of a counter-terrorism drill conducted quarterly by the allies. The USForcesKoreadid not respond to a request for comment.
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The rare release of the photos by the USDefense Visual Information Distribution Service comes ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to soften its stance in stalled talks.
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The service is operated by an arm of the USDepartment of Defence.
SouthKorea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper, which first reported the training, said the drills were intended to simulate a scenario to capture NorthKorean executives. Sources identified a man in military uniforms akin to that of NorthKoreacollapse upon a gunshot from one of the commandos, Chosun Ilbo said.
Pyongyang has in the past accused the United States andSouthKoreaof seeking to topple its regime with "hostile policy", while slamming their regular joint military exercises as plots to "decapitate" its leadership and a rehearsal for war.
SouthKoreaunder a previous administration had planned to launch a special unit in 2017 tasked with "removing or paralysing" NorthKorea's top command in the event of a war.
Tension has been growing in recent weeks as NorthKoreaconducts a series of weapons tests and waged a war of words with USPresident Donald Trump in an apparent bid to underscore its year-end deadline.
Earlier this month, Trump said the United States reserved the right to use military force against NorthKorea.
General Charles Brown, commander of USPacific Air Forces, said last week the USmilitary could "dust off pretty quickly and be ready to use" options it had developed during the height of tensions in 2017.