美韓兩國開始海軍演習

South Korea and the United States have launched a joint naval exercise off the east coast of the Korean peninsula to test the combat readiness of the two allies.

Officials say the three-day drill began Monday in the East Sea near the city of Pohang. The exercise includes operating training, detecting and tracking a submarine, anti-air and anti-ship live fire training and anti-missile training.

The South Korean Navy deployed 10 vessels, while the U.S. Navy has the nuclear submarine USS San Francisco and the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh in the maneuvers.

The drill comes as North Korea has ramped up daily threats of a nuclear test in response to expand UN sanctions imposed after its long-range rocket launch in December.韓國和美國在朝鮮半島東部海域開始進行一次聯合海軍演習，以檢驗這兩個盟國的戰備狀況。

官員說，這次爲期三天的演習於星期一在蒲項市附近的東海海域展開。演習內容包括作戰行動訓練、偵測和追蹤潛艇、防空、反艦實彈訓練以及反導彈訓練。

韓國海軍部署了10艘艦隻，美國海軍則出動了“聖弗蘭西斯科號”核潛艇和“希洛號”導彈巡洋艦。

在美韓舉行這次海軍演習之際，朝鮮每日加緊進行核試驗威脅，作爲對聯合國因其去年12月發射遠程火箭而擴大制裁的反應。