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On 20 August 2012, the exercise began between South Korea and the United States over the objections of North Korea. North Korea alleged that the drill was a precursor to a war planned against them. The North Korean foreign ministry stated that "the prevailing situation requires us to bolster up the
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In August 2019, a similar but scaled down exercise under an undisclosed name was carried out, mainly using computer simulations. The main scenario was South Korea taking over from the U.S. 90 days after the outbreak of a war to carry out stabilization operations after North Korea has been
155:. The U.S. manpower contribution for the exercise was reduced from 25,000 in 2016 to 17,500. South Korean media reported that the U.S. had cancelled plans to deploy strategic assets in the exercise, such as aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered submarines or a
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November 1, 2018 to prohibit both Koreas from conducting live-fire artillery drills and regiment-level field maneuvering exercises or those by bigger units within 5 kilometers of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL).
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995:""Max Thunder": Das Militärmanöver, das Nordkorea erzürnt"
945:"US and South Korean forces begin Exercise Max Thunder 16"
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599:"S. Korea decides to suspend this year's Ulchi exercise"
74:. The name of the exercise was changed again in 2008 to
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