SEOUL: In reaction to North Korea’s most recent long-range missile launch, Seoul’s military said Sunday, November 3, South Korea, Japan, and the United States conducted a joint air drill featuring a heavy bomber.
Pyongyang tested one of its most potent and sophisticated solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) three days prior to the practice, which experts think might reach targets in the US mainland.
According to Seoul’s military, the exercise deployed Japan’s F-2 planes, South Korea’s F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets, and the United States’ B-1B bomber.
In a news release, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated, “The exercise demonstrates the commitment of the ROK-US alliance to integrated extended deterrence in response to the advancing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.”
The US strategic bomber was escorted to a prearranged site south of the Korean peninsula by South Korean and Japanese fighters during the aerial manoeuvre, “demonstrating an overwhelming capability to swiftly and accurately strike simulated targets,” the statement continued.
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