The air forces of South Korea and the United States took part in joint exercises on Sunday after North Korea conducted a test launch of a ballistic missile the day before. It is reported by Interfax with reference to Yonhap.
“These exercises demonstrated the combined defense capabilities of South Korea and the United States through the timely and prompt deployment of enhanced US deterrence on the Korean Peninsula,” the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
The exercises involved South Korean F-35A fighter-bombers and F-15K fighters, which, together with American F-16 fighters, escorted B-1B bombers in the South Korean air defense identification zone. Approximately 10 aircraft took part in the flights, but the committee did not specify how many B-1B bombers participated in the exercises.
The planes flew over the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan and over the territory of South Korea.
On the eve it became known that the DPRK launched a ballistic missile in the direction of the Sea of Japan. The launch of the Hwaseong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out as part of a sudden check of combat readiness, which provides for the provision of nuclear deterrence.
According to the TsTAK, the rocket flew 989 km in 67 minutes, after which it fell into the Sea of Japan, the maximum flight altitude was 5.77 thousand km.
The agency noted that military threats from the United States and South Korea “are becoming serious to the point that they cannot be ignored.”
Source: Rosbalt
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