South Korea, U.S. to hold joint naval exercise

By the CNN Wire Staff

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The exercise starts Sunday and will last until Thursday, the U.S. military said
It is the second such exercise since dispute over sunken Korean ship
It will be held in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula

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(CNN) -- South Korea and the United States will conduct a joint anti-submarine warfare exercise starting Sunday, the U.S. military announced Friday.

The exercise, the second in a series of combined maneuvers, is scheduled to end Thursday. It will be held in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula.

Units from the U.S. Navy will include the guided-missile destroyers USS Curtis D. Wilbur and USS Fitzgerald and the ocean surveillance ship USNS Victorious. Also participating will be a fast attack submarine and P-3C Orion aircraft.

The exercise is the second to be held since the March 26 sinking of a South Korean naval vessel in which 46 sailors drowned. A multinational investigation blamed North Korea for the sinking, but the communist nation denied any involvement.

The first joint exercise was held in late July and drew condemnation from North Korea.