It is not the first time since the ceasefire agreement of 27 July 1953, which introduced a ceasefire in the Korean War, that the two Koreas have agreed on military issues. The most important is the agreement of reconciliation, non-aggression, exchange and cooperation (including the basic agreement) and the joint declaration on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, signed in 1991. However, this new agreement is broader and includes substantial measures that should allow effective de-escalation of tactical and operational contingencies between the two Korean military. The traditional cycle of U.S. KLA military exercises included tens of thousands of troops and visits to strategic assets such as nuclear bombers on the peninsula. I must stress once again the need for symmetry in the context of this subject. Why are some short-range ballistic missiles fired in the Baltic Sea considered an illegal and aggressive provocation, but exercises such as the key-shaped and 2016 eagle, involving 17,000 U.S. troops and 300,000 rockets, are considered nonprovotic? The combined exercise between the United States and the ROC even included simulations of beheading attacks against North Korean leaders. The United States and South Korea would describe the exercises as defensive, but North Korea would also characterize its provocations as defensive. The two Koreas have made remarkable concessions that have affected their current combat capability in the three combat zones: land, sea and air. They pledged to establish so-called peace zones near the NLL and MDL, without military withdrawals or troops being deployed on both sides. In these new buffer zones, artillery exercises with live fire, major maneuvers and new weapons will not be permitted; There will also be no-fly zones, including for unmanned aircraft (UAVs) and common fishing areas crossing the NLL. The existing demilitarized zone (DMZ) extends 2 kilometres on either side of the MDL; the new buffer zones will extend for 5 km.

Peace zones based on the NLL will reach 135 km. Near the DMZ, the no-fly zone will be 10 km for helicopters, 15 km for drones and 20 km on the eastern front and 40 km on the western front for flying aircraft.