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US: Bomber Flew Close to North Korean Border Amid Standoff
Source: Associated Press
US: Bomber Flew Close to North Korean Border Amid Standoff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea — Sep 22, 2016, 6:19 AM ET
The U.S. military said at least one of its supersonic bombers that flew over South Korea earlier this week in a display of military power approached the border with North Korea.
The flight will likely anger North Korea, which is extremely sensitive to the deployment of high-tech U.S. weapons systems.
The United States often sends powerful warplanes to South Korea in times of heightened animosity between the Koreas, but it is still unusual for such aircraft to fly near the rivals' border, the world's most heavily fortified.
The United States flew two B-1B bombers over South Korea on Wednesday, in the second such flyover in about a week.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea — Sep 22, 2016, 6:19 AM ET
The U.S. military said at least one of its supersonic bombers that flew over South Korea earlier this week in a display of military power approached the border with North Korea.
The flight will likely anger North Korea, which is extremely sensitive to the deployment of high-tech U.S. weapons systems.
The United States often sends powerful warplanes to South Korea in times of heightened animosity between the Koreas, but it is still unusual for such aircraft to fly near the rivals' border, the world's most heavily fortified.
The United States flew two B-1B bombers over South Korea on Wednesday, in the second such flyover in about a week.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-bomber-flew-close-north-korean-border-amid-42270978
[font size=1]A U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (Seo Myung-gon/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT[/font]
