B-52 bombers and F-22 fighters are sent following North Korean missile launch

Days after North Korea launched two medium-range ballistic missiles, the United States and South Korea conducted joint air drills on Tuesday with American flight bombers and stealth fighter aircrafts, according to Seoul's defence ministry. The drills involved B-52 bombers and F-22 stealth fighters.

A press release from the ministry informed that the drills took place in the South Korean air defence identification zone southwest of Jeju Island. The American commitment to defend South Korea with all available means, including nuclear weapons, is known as "extended deterrence. To enhance "capabilities to respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats," the F-22 fighters were dispatched from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, according to reports.

They will engage in separate exercises with the F-35A aircraft of the South. According to a South Korean military assessment, the joint activities were conducted after North Korea launched two medium-range ballistic missiles on Sunday. Defence officials and analysts expressed scepticism after Pyongyang claimed it was testing its first reconnaissance satellite. Before being outlawed, North Korea conducted tests for its intercontinental ballistic missile program under cover of satellite launches.




On Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, called any scepticism about the satellite test "nonsense and rubbish.". In a statement published by the government-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim also seemed to threaten an ICBM launch that would demonstrate the missile's capability to reach the U.S. mainland. Analysts disagree over whether North Korea's long-range missiles can successfully re-enter the earth's atmosphere with a nuclear warhead. This year, Pyongyang's ICBM launches have been at lofted angles.

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