A South Korean helicopter attacks an "enemy" target during a live-fire exercise Friday south of the Demilitarized Zone. CNN
Allies Wage Largest Live-Fire Drill Since Korean War -- Stars and Stripes
POCHEON, South Korea — Almost 62 years ago to the day, North Korean troops and firepower rolled south and, in less than two months, pushed South Korean and U.S. forces down to the southern port city of Busan, then called Pusan.
On Friday, about 15 miles from the Demilitarized Zone, the militaries of South Korea and the U.S. staged what they called their largest joint, one-day, live-fire exercise since the war.
South Korean Ministry of Defense officials said the exercise was designed to demonstrate how the two militaries would respond if the North were to launch an attack similar to that of June 25, 1950, that started the Korean War.
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