South Korea, Japan and US Hold Trilateral Naval Drills

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, AT SEA - APRIL 04: In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I (R) U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (C) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Umigiri, (L) sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju on April 04, 2023 at an undisclosed location. South Korea, the United States and Japan kicked off a trilateral naval exercise, involving an American aircraft carrier, in waters south of the Korean Peninsula amid joint efforts to reinforce deterrence against growing North Korean threats. (Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)