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S Korea, US Practice 'Surgical Strikes' Against N Korean Nuclear Missile Objects

© AFP 2023 / JUNG YEON-JEA US soldier (L) stands guard near a US F-16 fighter jet (C) and a South Korea F-15K fighter jet (R) before a press briefing on the flight by a US B-52 Stratofortress over South Korea at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on January 10, 2016
A US soldier (L) stands guard near a US F-16 fighter jet (C) and a South Korea F-15K fighter jet (R) before a press briefing on the flight by a US B-52 Stratofortress over South Korea at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on January 10, 2016 - Sputnik International
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South Korea and the United States have recently held a military exercise practice against North Korea's nuclear and missile facilities.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – South Korea and the United States have recently held a military exercise practice "surgical strikes" against North Korea's nuclear and missile facilities, local media reported Thursday.

"The U.S. Air Force's 353rd Special Operations Group conducted a combined striking exercise against an enemy's facilities with the South Korean Army's special forces brigade at a military base in Gunsan (274 kilometers south of Seoul)," a defense official said told the Yonhap News Agency.

According to the official, Seoul and Washington focused on sending their special forces into the country should there be a conflict in the region.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated in September after North Korea claimed to have successfully exploded a nuclear warhead. The country reported having detonated a hydrogen bomb in January.

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