U.S. Military Wraps Missile Defense Units Exercise In Indo-Pacific

The U.S. military has completed a two-week training of its missile defense units in the Indo-Pacific region in an apparent move to better counter ballistic missile attacks from North Korea and China.

According to the U.S. Army website the “combined command post-training,” wrapped up on March 12th, and it involved the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do Province.

They are also in charge of operating the Patriot and the THAAD systems installed in Seongju base.

It’s speculated the exercise is held to test the improvements being made to integrate the THAAD and Patriot missile interceptor systems.