US heavy bombers, jets in show of force against North Korea

 

  This handout photo taken on August 29, 2017 and provided by South Korean Defence Ministry in Seoul shows South Korean fighter jets F-15K dropping bombs at a shooting range in Gangwon Province, east of Seoul, during a military drill aimed to counter North Korea’s missile test. Nuclear-armed North Korea said on August 30 that it had fired a missile over Japan the previous day, the first time it has ever acknowledged doing so. / AFP PHOTO / South Korean Defence Ministry / handout 

US heavy bombers and stealth jet fighters took part in a joint live fire drill in South Korea on

Thursday, intended as a show of force against the North after its latest missile launch, Seoul said.

“South Korean and US air forces conducted an air interdiction exercise in order to strongly cope with North Korea’s repeated firing of ballistic missiles and development of nuclear weapons,” the South’s air force said in a statement.

Two B-1B “Lancer” bombers from Guam and four F-35B stealth jet fighters from the Marine Corps’ Iwakuni airbase in Japan conducted the drill, with four South Korean jet fighters also taking part.