For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://facebook.com/NTDTelevision<br /><br />South Korean marines are staging a large-scale military operation, along with the army and air force. It's an effort to strengthen joint operational capabilities. The drill continues through Friday.<br /><br />South Korea carried out a large-scale military operation at the harbor city of Pohang on Thursday with the marines, army and air force. This is the first full-scale regiment drill since North Korea's deadly shelling on a South Korean island last year.<br /><br />The exercise, aimed at strengthening joint operational capabilities, began with armored vehicles from warships approaching the beachhead while firing smoke bombs.<br /><br />[LMaj. Oh Deok-soon, Marine]:<br />"With this amphibious landing operation, we have enhanced our joint operational capabilities of army, navy and air force to another level. The amphibious landing operation itself is a joint operation, so we're demonstrating this as an actual training to make it a model for our joint operations."<br /><br />As the vehicles landed on the seashore, combat helicopters approached from above, while the marines came out from the vehicles and aimed their mortars at simulated enemies.<br /><br />15 navy warships, nine combat and scout helicopters and 21 armored vehicles were mobilized for the operation. Over 2,000 marines participated.<br /><br />[LCpl. Koo Joon-young, Marine]:<br />"As a marine combatant armed with strong spirit and combat strength, I will never fail to defeat any provocations from enemies."<br /><br />The military exercise started on Monday and ends on Friday.
