Two U.S. supersonic bombers flew over Korean Peninsula for bombing exercises that are also a show of force against North Korea ahead of US President Donald Trump's Asia visit.
A South Korean military official said Friday the B-1B bombers based in Guam were escorted by two South Korean F-16 fighter jets during the drills Thursday at a field near the South's eastern coast. The drills simulated attacks on land targets, but didn't involve live weapons, said the official, who did not want to be named, citing office rules.
The North Korean state media denounced the exercise as a "surprise nuclear strike drill" and says "gangster-like U.S. imperialists" are seeking to ignite a nuclear war as Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said Friday that the "U.S. imperialist warmongers" should not act rashly.
Source: Associated Press
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