The Korean Peninsula is hot North Korea And South Korea deploying hundreds of fighters among them at a time when tensions between the two countries continue to grow.
North Korea sends 180 fighter jets close to South Korea. Hundreds of warplanes were walking 20 kilometers from the military demarcation line (DMK) in the north.
Not to be outdone, South Korea responded by sending 80 fighters close to North Korea. The South Korean Air Force said that of the total number of fighter jets they had deployed, one was the US-made F-35A.
The northern provocation came after 240 fighter jets flew in a joint US-South Korean military exercise called the Storm Alert air war.
In response to the air drill, North Korea initially deployed 10 fighters. The plane then maneuvered and made Kosel fly his jet.
The previous day, Thursday evening, local time, North Korea fired 80 artillery shells from the inter-Korean military buffer zone.
The Seoul Joint Chiefs of Staff said the artillery barrage was unacceptable.
“[Itu] clear violation [terhadap perjanjian 2018]”he said Friday, as quoted by AFP.
The 2018 agreement is an agreement that contains the establishment of a buffer zone in an attempt to reduce inter-Korean tensions.
Artillery fire that night came after the United States and Washington agreed to extend joint military exercises on the Korean peninsula.
On Thursday afternoon, North Korea launched several missiles. One type of launched guided missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that flies up to 760 kilometers and reaches a maximum altitude of approximately 1,920 kilometers.
During Wednesday and Thursday, Pyongyang reportedly fired 30 missiles. One of the missiles landed near South Korean territorial waters. The other missiles also had time to confuse Japan.
Experts and officials say Pyongyang has stepped up missile tests in protest against joint US-South Korea military exercises.
North Korea often sees joint exercises as an attempt to invade its country.
“Targeted aggressive and provocative military exercises [Korea Utara]according to Pyongyang.
North Korea also threatened that Washington and Seoul would pay the worst price in history if the drills continued.
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