South Korea and the United States held joint exercises on Tuesday. warriors over the sea of japan (Referred to as the East Sea in Two Koreas) In response to the North Korean regime’s missile launches last Sunday, the South Ministry of Defense confirmed to Efe.
The maneuvers involved fifth-generation stealth fighters on the South Korean side. F35One of the military assets that triggered the most protests in North Korea.
South Korean air force also mobilized fighters F-15 and F-16While the United States provides its own contribution, F16, A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense in Seoul explained that the demonstration was held “in response to the provocations carried out by North Korea over the weekend”.
Total, About 20 aircraft participated in these exercises.It came just a day after the Allies fired eight short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) from the ATACMS system.
The test conducted the previous day was intended to be a response to the eight SRBM missiles launched by Pyongyang on Sunday, the largest series of launches by the regime in a single test in 2022.
The North Korean test comes days after Seoul and Washington held naval exercises near the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa, which included the participation of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Allies started deploy more and more military assets in their response After conservative Yoon Suk-yeol became president on May 10 and promised to strengthen his position in Pyongyang, according to his predecessor, Moon Jae-in, North Korea is heading for weapons tests.
In contrast, the US president Joe BidenHe promised Yoon the United States would assist him in his visit to Seoul late last month. strengthen the “deterrence” stance of both armies On the peninsula with the transfer and deployment of strategic assets held by the Pentagon in the Indo-Pacific region, based on the actions of the northern regime.
North Korea, which has been quarantined since 2020 due to the pandemic, ignored calls to revive the stalled disarmament dialogue and approved a weapons modernization plan that fell behind a record number of missile launches last year. A new nuclear test believed to be imminent.