The United States’ supersonic bombers fly over the Korean Peninsula along with fighters from Japan and South Korea, both of which consider Pyongyang a threat.
The US Pacific Air Forces announced in a statement Sunday that the US jets took off from an air base in Guam and were joined by Japanese and South Korean fighters.
It added that the 10-hour sequenced bilateral mission was a direct response to Pyongyang’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday and another one on July 4.
“North Korea remains the most urgent threat to regional stability,” Pacific Air Forces Commander General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy said.
Pyongyang says it has the ability to strike America’s mainland, a claim they say is proven by the Friday’s ICBM test.
“The successful ICBM test-fire is another great victory which dealt a heavy blow to the U.S. imperialists and its vassal forces keen on obliterating the DPRK’s [the Democratic…