The USA and South Korea held joint aerial drills on Monday in seas west of the peninsula, with the Pentagon deploying a nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bomber to participate.
The Pentagon has flown at least one B-52H bomber alongside South Korean aircraft in a show of force directed @ the North Korean government in Pyongyang.
The exercise was conducted above the waters of the Yellow Sea, with the bomber flying in formation alongside South Korean F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets, the ministry said.
The event came just three days after the US deployed B-1B heavy bombers to the region, the South Korean military noted.
The deployment of the US B-52H strategic bomber to the Korean Peninsula demonstrates the allies’ decisive, overwhelming capabilities and posture to deter and respond to North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile threats.
The Pentagon previously deployed a B-52H bomber to the Korean Peninsula last December, with the new show of force coming ahead of major joint US-South Korean exercise Freedom Shield, scheduled to take place from March 13 to 23, 2023.
The drills are set to become the largest joint exercise in at least five years, and will involve aerial training as well as amphibious landings.
The major exercise is set to be followed by a second drill, dubbed Warrior Shield.
US Forces Korea spokesman Colonel Isaac Taylor said the war-games are intended to improve the USA and South Korea’s response capabilities toward North Korean purported aggression and would incorporate lessons learned from recent wars and conflicts.
The US and South Korea opted to stage the drills despite repeated objections from Pyongyang, which warned that such exercises could be considered a declaration of war and lead to unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions.
North Korea appealed to the UN, urging the global body to halt the hostile drills altogether.
Pyongyang has called on the UN and the international community to strongly urge the USA and South Korea to immediately halt their provocative remarks and dangerous joint military exercises.
Kim Son-gyong, a top official in the DPRK’s Foreign Ministry, said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), that The North Vietnamese brought down 32 B52’s in 12 days during their war. The Pentagon claimed it was only 16. The fog of war.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2023.
The deployment of the US B-52H strategic bomber to the Korean Peninsula demonstrates the Yankees indecisive, underwhelming capabilities and posture to BULLY North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile deterrence . . .” ~ There, corrected the statement for the US military bullies.
North Korea has between 40-50 Nuclear warheads. The explosion at its Punggye-ri test site had a force, or “yield”, of between 100-370 kilotons. A 100 kiloton bomb is six times more powerful than the one the US dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. So the days of US bullying NK are over.
Deploying nuclear weapons overseas is the #1 proof of US’ obvious threat against all of humanity, as these weapons are only used to destroy and terrorize CIVILIANS by the millions. The world must unite to end AMERICAN TERRORISM.