According to reports,theUASand South Korean military exercise this in the Sea of Japan will dispatch a total of about 20 ships , 200 aircraft and 8,000 air force personnel . This will be since 1976 , the largest US-ROK military exercise carried out .

The United States will dispatch displacement of 97,000 tons of "George Washington " aircraft carrier , three destroyers and a submarine to participate in military exercises Sea of Japan , South Korea will send a displacement of 4,500 tons of destroyers , the number of conventional submarines and F- plus 15K fighters to participate . "George ? Washington " aircraft carrier docked in Pusan, South Korea to Hong Kong 21 .

Earlier, South Korean military exercises between the two countries plan postponed several times .

On the 20th day, South Korean Defense Minister Jin Tairong with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met to discuss the Han Meihai military exercises on the timetable , the size of both participating and the wartime operational command of the transmitted and so on.

Two in a joint statement issued after the meeting said that July 25 start of the Sea of Japan is the US-ROK military exercise between the two countries in the future as part of a series of exercise activities . The reason to hold military exercises , to North Korea to " send a clear message , "" provocative behavior must stop . "