Navy's Task Fleet Command conducts very first major maritime exercise

The Navy's new Task Fleet Command has conducted its first major maritime exercise since its launch earlier this month.

The exercise included nine warships including the 7-thousand-6-hundred-ton Sejong the Great destroyer one submarine and 13 aircraft in and above waters off South Korea's western and southern coasts.

The three-day drills that lasted until this Thursday saw troops engaged in various sessions including live-fire training and anti-submarine warfare.

The Sejong the Great destroyer also engaged in ballistic missile detection and tracking drills to strengthen its capabilities against North Korean missile threats.