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U.S. bombers fly over South Korea for second time since North's nuclear test
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Wed Sep 21, 2016 | 4:08am EDT
U.S. bombers fly over South Korea for second time since North's nuclear test
By Yoo Han-bin | OSAN, SOUTH KOREA
Two U.S. supersonic bombers flew over South Korea on Wednesday, with one of them landing at an air base 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital, the second such flight since North Korea's Sept. 9 nuclear test.
U.S. Forces Korea said the flight by a pair of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers based in Guam was a show of force and of U.S. commitment to preserve the security of the peninsula and the region.
The United States, which has about 28,500 troops in South Korea, flew two B-1 bombers on Sept. 13 escorted by U.S. and South Korean fighter jets in a show of solidarity with Seoul.
The North condemned the earlier flight as an armed provocation that mobilized "ill-famed nuclear killing tools". It did not immediately respond to Wednesday's flight.
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U.S. bombers fly over South Korea for second time since North's nuclear test
By Yoo Han-bin | OSAN, SOUTH KOREA
Two U.S. supersonic bombers flew over South Korea on Wednesday, with one of them landing at an air base 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital, the second such flight since North Korea's Sept. 9 nuclear test.
U.S. Forces Korea said the flight by a pair of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers based in Guam was a show of force and of U.S. commitment to preserve the security of the peninsula and the region.
The United States, which has about 28,500 troops in South Korea, flew two B-1 bombers on Sept. 13 escorted by U.S. and South Korean fighter jets in a show of solidarity with Seoul.
The North condemned the earlier flight as an armed provocation that mobilized "ill-famed nuclear killing tools". It did not immediately respond to Wednesday's flight.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear-flight-idUSKCN11R0C6
