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par Soo-hyang Choi
SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea conducted a joint military air exercise involving U.S. strategic bombers on Sunday, the day after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) .
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercise, in which South Korea’s F-35A, F-15K and US F-16 fighters escorted B-1B bombers Americans, demonstrated the superiority of the “overwhelming” defense capabilities of the allies and their level of readiness.
“(The exercise) strengthened the combined operation capability and affirmed the unwavering commitment of the United States to the defense of the Korean Peninsula and the implementation of extended deterrence,” the South Korean military said. in a press release.
The aerial maneuvers come a day after North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off the west coast of Japan.
(Soo-hyang Choi et Josh Smith; version française Nicolas
Delame)
