U.S. WMD unit participating in joint drill with S. Korea

U.S. personnel specialized in removing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are participating in this year`s joint military exercise with South Korea and would "naturally" be mobilized in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula, the top U.S. commander here said Thursday, according to Yonhap News.



South Korea and the U.S. on Monday began their annual joint military drill, Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, which North Korea lambastes as a prelude to war. The WMD team from the U.S. is said to have participated in the exercise last year as well.

"We do bring from the United States some unique expertise in our task force elimination that focuses very much on this specific task," Gen. Walter Sharp, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, said at a press conference timed with the exercise.

"They are here for this exercise and if we ever went to war, they would naturally come also."