American Helicopters Restart Live-Fire Training in South Korea as Tensions With North Escalate

Rockets and gunfire are raining down on a South Korean testing web site after the U.S. Military resumed its helicopter live-fire drills within the area for the primary time in three years. Apache assault choppers got the inexperienced mild to renew live-fire coaching on the Rodriguez Reside Fireplace Advanced close to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea as tensions with Pyongyang have escalated. The assessments had beforehand been shuttered in 2019 after individuals dwelling close to the live-fire complicated had raised issues about noise and security. Within the final week, movies and pictures shared by the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division confirmed the certification drills underway. “Crews are qualifying throughout each day and night time on the AGM-114 Hellfire missile, Hydra 70 rocket and 30mm canon,” the division wrote on Twitter.