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    <div> <span class="date">/ Published Aug. 29, 2023</span></div>
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    <p>The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Benfold conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise on Aug. 29, alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Maya class destroyer JS Haguro, and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Sejong Daewang class destroyer ROKS Yulgok Yi I.</p>

<p>The exercise strongly promotes trilateral cooperation to respond to regional security challenges such as the failed DPRK launch that used ballistic missile technology, a brazen violation of multiple unanimous UN Security Council resolutions that raises tension and risks destabilizing regional security.</p>

<p>This trilateral exercise also follows the historic summit at Camp David, which brought together the leaders from the United States, Japan, and the ROK. At the first-ever standalone summit, the leaders jointly inaugurated a new era of trilateral partnership and reaffirmed that cooperation between the United States, Japan, and the ROK.</p>

<p>We remain committed to peace and prosperity in the region to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific.</p>
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