Missile-tracking drill among US, ROK and Japan

SEOUL - The Republic of Korea, the United States and Japan kicked off a two-day maritime exercise to track ballistic missiles possibly from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in waters near the Korean Peninsula and Japan, local media reported on Monday, citing Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The trilateral military drill, which was scheduled to end on Tuesday, was aimed at detecting and tracking ballistic missiles, possibly from the DPRK. The exercise does not involve a stage to destroy the detected missile.

Attending the exercise was one ROK Aegis destroyer, two US Aegis-equipped ships and one Japanese Aegis destroyer.