Strategic Bomber B-1B Redeployed... Military Show of Force Responding to North Korea's ICBM in One Day

Two B-1B bombers, considered key U.S. strategic assets, are flying over the Korean Peninsula.
The two B-1Bs, which were deployed to Guam in the Pacific last month, flew over the Korean Peninsula this afternoon and conducted a joint air exercise with four South Korean F-35As and four U.S. F-16s, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] One day after North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) provocation, the U.S. strategic bomber B-1B conducted a show of force over the Korean Peninsula.

On the 19th, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that the U.S. Air Force's B-1B strategic bomber redeployed to the Korean Peninsula and that South Korea and the U.S. conducted a joint air exercise.

The joint air exercise was carried out by escorting the U.S. B-1B strategic bomber entering the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) with South Korea's F-35A and the U.S. Air Force's F-16, flying in a combined formation.

The Joint Chiefs stated, "This exercise demonstrated once again the overwhelming power of the alliance, the combined defense capabilities and posture of South Korea and the U.S., and the U.S.'s ironclad commitment to the defense and extended deterrence of the Korean Peninsula."

They added, "We improved our joint operational capabilities by practicing the procedures for the rapid deployment and response of the U.S.'s extended deterrence forces coordinated between South Korea and the U.S. to the Korean Peninsula."

The Joint Chiefs emphasized, "Under close cooperation between South Korea and the U.S., we will continue to track and monitor relevant developments and enhance our joint operational capabilities to respond to enemy provocations in case of emergency."

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