SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) — South Korea, the United States and 19 other countries are holding a U.S.-organized exercise in Hawaii this week aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. (ADM), the US State Department said.
The five-day Fortune Guard 22 kicked off Monday in Honolulu. It is part of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercises, launched in 2003, to stop or impede transfers of WMD and related items flowing to and from US states and non-state actors. proliferation concern.
The exercise includes WMD nonproliferation activities, including operational interdiction and seizure, as well as information exchanges on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear responses, and live exercises on WMD interdiction capabilities, according to the department.
The US launched the Asia-Pacific PSI exercises in 2014. Participating countries have organized their own exercises, such as Eastern Endeavor in South Korea, Pacific Protector in Australia, Maru in New Zealand, and Pacific Shield in Japan.
The US department said the series of exercises builds “regional political will and capacity against WMD proliferation and signals the partners’ determination to take action to carry out anti-proliferation interdiction as part of their long-term commitment to the PSI.