For increasing tensions with Pyongyang, The US and South Korean stage military drills

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The US and South Korean militaries have taken part in a combined firing drill as part of joint exercises for increasing tensions with Pyongyang.

More than 2,000 South Korean and American troops were involved in the Wednesday drills in Pocheon, South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.

The war games took place at Seungjin Fire Training Field, some 30km south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the

two Koreas.

The exercises, which lasted 45 minutes, included some 100 artillery pieces, 90 armored vehicles and 50 aircraft, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Defense.

The exercises also included two AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters from the South Korean Army, which fired aerial rockets and ammunitions from chain guns at mock targets, according to Yonhap.

Four M1A2 Bradley fighting vehicles from the US military also fired artillery rounds while speeding down mountain roads.

Around 90 battle tanks and armored vehicles were involved, according to South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense.

The drills were followed by firing the US M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS).