South Korea and the United States held new air exercises with the participation of stealth fighters [VIDEO]

The armies of South Korea and the United States held a new joint air exercise this Friday, in which F-22 stealth fighters And F-35BThis was reported by the South Korean Air Force.

The maneuvers were yellow Sea (called the West Sea in the two Koreas), just two days after another exercise over the same area, which involved a B-1B strategic bomber in addition to the same type of fighter, and drew criticism from the neighboring North. Korea.

In both cases, the South Korean army deployed its Aircraft F-35AThis is reported by the Yonhap news agency.

“Joint exercises on this occasion were conducted in order to improve joint operational capabilities and interoperability between the South Korean Air Force and the United States,” the South Korean Air Force said in a statement released by the aforementioned agency.

Maneuvers “demonstrate an unwavering will and ability USA fulfill their obligations to protect South Korea” added text.

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These new exercises come one day after North Korea warned, following maneuvers two days ago, to “tighten” its response to any military action by USAon the principle of “nuclear weapons for the sake of nuclear weapons and total confrontation for the sake of total confrontation.”

“The military-political situation on the peninsula and in the region has reached an extreme red line due to the maneuvers and hostile actions of the United States and its vassal forces,” the DPRK Foreign Ministry said in a statement, in which it added that the deployment of strategic facilities in the south “will lead to the transformation peninsula into a critical arsenal and war zone.”

The North Korean regime conducted a record number of missile tests in 2022, about fifty, in addition to other weapons tests, in response to numerous exercises in Washington and Seoul, raising tensions on the peninsula to pre-thaw levels. relationship from five years ago. (EFE)