{"id":41761,"date":"2018-05-16T23:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T23:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/16\/this-is-the-military-exercise-that-has-kim-jung-un-spooked-and-may-throw-a-wrench-in-trumps-historic-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:23:24","slug":"this-is-the-military-exercise-that-has-kim-jung-un-spooked-and-may-throw-a-wrench-in-trumps-historic-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/16\/this-is-the-military-exercise-that-has-kim-jung-un-spooked-and-may-throw-a-wrench-in-trumps-historic-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the military exercise that may throw a wrench in Trump\u2019s historic summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=a10d7bbb-690b-4751-a8e7-86cb00bb0eca\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-a10d7bbb-690b-4751-a8e7-86cb00bb0eca.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MAX THUNDER is an annual joint training mission with South Korean forces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a twist to the Korean Peninsula saga, North Korea has already <a href=\"http:\/\/english.yonhapnews.co.kr\/news\/2018\/05\/01\/0200000000AEN20180501007500315.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">canceled a high-level meeting with its southern counterparts<\/a> and is threatening to shelve next month\u2019s summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue involves a joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise that Pentagon officials say should be anything but threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise in question, Max Thunder 2018, is being characterized as antagonistic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, South Korea \u2014 officially known as the Republic of Korea, or ROK \u2014 and the United States hold the exercise, along with exercise Foal Eagle, every spring, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob Manning said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/16\/trump-us-hasnt-been-notified-about-threat-to-cancel-summit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18136586135404.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump: US hasn\u2019t been notified about threat to cancel summit with North Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Amid fresh uncertainty over his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump Wednesday said that he is committed to pressing for the country to abandon its nuclear program as part of any meeting.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;These defensive exercises are part of the ROK-U.S. Alliance&#8217;s routine, annual training program to maintain a foundation of military readiness,\u201d Manning said. \u201cThe purpose of the training is to enhance the ROK-U.S. Alliance&#8217;s ability to defend the ROK and enhance interoperability and readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Thunder, which began Monday, is mostly a joint air exercise, involving about 100 aircraft from both countries training together over a two-week period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea is particularly concerned about the presence of F-22 Raptors \u2014 stealth fighters jets \u2014 in the exercise, according to South Korea\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/english.yonhapnews.co.kr\/news\/2018\/05\/01\/0200000000AEN20180501007500315.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Yonhap News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another exercise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/20\/us-south-korean-military-exercises-to-begin-april-1\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover911554\">Foal Eagle<\/a>, which started in early April, is a field training exercise covering air, ground and naval forces. It also involved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/20\/us-south-korean-military-exercises-to-begin-april-1\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Key Resolve<\/a>, a two-week command post exercise held concurrently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2945\" height=\"1983\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635615771317235924-031015-frontlines06jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635615771317235924-031015-frontlines06jpg.jpg 2945w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635615771317235924-031015-frontlines06jpg.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635615771317235924-031015-frontlines06jpg.jpg?resize=768,517 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635615771317235924-031015-frontlines06jpg.jpg?resize=1024,690 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635615771317235924-031015-frontlines06jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1034 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635615771317235924-031015-frontlines06jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1379 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2945px) 100vw, 2945px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">150308-N-VO234-171 JIKDO ISLAND, Republic of Korea (March 8, 2015) Marine Capt. Alan Murphy, joint terminal attack controller for 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Foal Eagle Detachment, currently embarked aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), performs a sight survey on Jikdo Island as part of a training exercise during Foal Eagle 2015. Foal Eagle is a series of annual training events that are defense-oriented and designed to increase readiness and maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula while strengthening the ROK-U.S. alliance and promoting regional peace and stability. Fort Worth is currently on a 16-month rotational deployment in support of the U.S. Navy\u2019s strategic rebalance and is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Conor Minto\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were about 11,500 U.S. troops and about 290,000 South Korean troops participating, Marine Lt. Col. Christopher Logan, a Pentagon spokesman, said when Foal Eagle was approved to go-ahead as normal in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for Max Thunder: \u201cWhile we will not discuss specifics, the defensive nature of these combined exercises has been clear for many decades and has not changed,\u201d Manning said in his statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to press releases from last year\u2019s iterations, the exercises are designed in the spirit of the U.S.-South Korean mutual defense treaty of 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea\u2019s Central News Agency, though, characterized the annual drills as a \u201cdeliberate military provocation\u201d and an \u201cundisguised challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-forces-in-korea-arent-packing-up-just-yet-heres-why\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-927755548.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US forces in Korea aren\u2019t packing up just yet. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Any peace deal with North Korea is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the 23,000 U.S. troops deployed on the peninsula.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. will have to think twice about the fate of the DPRK-U.S. summit,\u201d the <a href=\"\/TEMP-LINK-TEMP\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">North\u2019s translated statement<\/a> reads. \u201cWe will closely watch the ensuing behavior of the U.S. and the South Korean authorities.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military drills have long been a source of saber-rattling on the Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Kim began easing relations, though, U.S. officials said the current drills were understood not to be an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. State Department said it has not planned any changes to the summit next month, given that they have not received any official statement directly from the North Korean government, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2800\" height=\"1711\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913118077593924-south-korea-koreas-te-weigjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913118077593924-south-korea-koreas-te-weigjpg.jpg 2800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913118077593924-south-korea-koreas-te-weigjpg.jpg?resize=300,183 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913118077593924-south-korea-koreas-te-weigjpg.jpg?resize=768,469 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913118077593924-south-korea-koreas-te-weigjpg.jpg?resize=1024,626 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913118077593924-south-korea-koreas-te-weigjpg.jpg?resize=1536,939 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913118077593924-south-korea-koreas-te-weigjpg.jpg?resize=2048,1251 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2800px) 100vw, 2800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Air force military police stands guard near the one of four U.S. F-22 stealth fighter after landing at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. 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