Coinciding with Freedom Shield 24
Military members salute during a military demonstration involving tank units in North Korea.
KCNA via Reuters
The North Korean military drills also coincided with joint exercises held by the US and South Korea, which included training on land, sea, and air, as well as operations to counter nuclear missiles.Forces from other United Nations countries took part in the annual military drills, called Freedom Shield 24, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Thailand.The exercises, which ran from March 4 to 14, are aimed at strengthening security and stability across Northeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific by fortifying “the combined defense posture and enhance Alliance response capabilities against a spectrum of security threats.”
