US aircraft carrier enters South Korean port as show of force
A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Sunday in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities.
According to the South Korean navy, the arrival of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group at the South Korean port of Busan was meant to display a solid U.S.-South Korean military alliance, and boost interoperability of the allies’ combined assets.
North Korea said Friday it test-fired strategic cruise missiles earlier last week to inform its adversaries of its military’s counterattack capability and the readiness of its nuclear operations.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test launch of strategic cruise missiles last month and ordered full readiness to use its nuclear attack capability, according to state media.
Since his Jan. 20 inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump said he will reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again to revive diplomacy. North Korea has not directly responded to Trump’s overture, but it said that U.S.-led hostilities against the country have intensified since Trump’s inauguration.
