The US Navy’s ‘Theodore Roosevelt’ aircraft carrier docked this Saturday in South Korea in what is the first arrival of a North American combat ship of this caliber in seven months; a journey completed after the recent signing between North Korea and Russia of a security and defense agreement. The ‘Roosevelt’ is already at the naval base in the city of Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, accompanied by the destroyers ‘Halsey’ and ‘Daniel Inouye’, according to a statement from the South Korean Navy collected by the official agency. South Korean news outlet, Yonhap. This is the first arrival of a US aircraft carrier to South Korea in seven months, since the visit of the Carl Vinson in November for a ship that already participated in a trilateral naval exercise between South Korea, the United States and Japan in April. . Saturday’s arrival came as the three countries are expected to hold their first joint land, sea and air exercise, called Freedom Edge, later this month amid joint efforts to bolster the security cooperation against threats from North Korea. It should be remembered that the US Army already announced on Thursday the deployment of several strategic bombers to a US military base located on the island of Guam, in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, a measure adopted just one day after the Russian authorities and North Koreans will sign a cooperation agreement that includes a mutual defense clause.
