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🇰🇷South Korea Runs Weeklong Amphibious Assault Drills South Korea's Navy and Marine Corps launched a weeklong amphibious landing exercise in Pohang, deploying 3,200 troops through April 27. Assets include KF-16 fighters, P-8A maritime surveillance aircraft, ~20 naval vessels, and the ROKS Marado amphibious assault ship. The "decisive action" phase involved coastal assaults supported by landing ships, transport aircraft, attack helicopters, and naval warships. For the first time, first-person view drones were used to collect real-time intelligence during special operations infiltration missions. A New Zealand army platoon was embedded with a South Korean Marine landing unit — also a first — while a U.S. 7th Fleet team participated in Marine warfare drills. The exercise reflects an expanding integration of manned-unmanned teaming into standard amphibious doctrine. Multilateral participation signals ongoing effort to deepen interoperability across Pacific partners within a shared amphibious warfare framework. #SouthKorea @asianomics