USA and South Korea conducted joint exercise led by B-1B bombers
Joint military exercises of South Korea and the USA continue. In the air exercises, this time the pioneers were B-1B bombers. Operation "Freedom Shield 23" was carried out on Sunday.
The US and South Korean Air Forces continue their joint exercises. As part of the "Freedom Shield 23" operation, they conducted exercises with B-1B bombers on Sunday.
As the exercises continue, North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday (March 19). The missile flew some 800 km (500 miles) before hitting a target, according to a South Korean military statement. The North on Thursday (March 16) fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan, hours before South Korea's president flew to Tokyo for a summit that discussed ways to counter the North.
Pyongyang said Thursday's launch of its ICBM was a warning against ongoing U.S.-South Korea military drills, state media KCNA reported.
(Reuters)