South Korea, US, Japan Hold Joint Missile Defense Exercise

North Korea says it launched the Hwasong-18 ICBM as a "strong practical warning" to what it says are nuclear threats from the United States and its allies due to previous joint military exercises.

SEOUL - The South Korean Navy held a joint missile defense exercise with the United States and Japan on Sunday in order to counter growing missile threats from North Korea, according to the South Korean Navy.

Exercise A Response To North Korea’s Recent ICBM Launch:

The trilateral missile defense exercise comes after North Korea claimed to have launched th…