Air Force CSouth Korea And USA performed maneuvers with Strategic bomber B-1 American and South Korean warplanes at the time are marked by huge tensions in the peninsula and a celebration of some big Allied maneuvers starting in 10 days.
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The exercises were conducted over the Yellow Sea (called the West Sea in two Koreas) and the central region South Korea and involved, in addition to B-1, F-15 and F-15 fighters from the Asian country, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense explained in a statement.
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The announcement came just hours after the Allies announced they would be celebrating their great Spring Freedom Shield Maneuvers, war games to which North Korea promised to give an “unprecedented” response from 13 to 23 March.
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Today’s exercises “demonstrate the readiness and ability USA fulfill its obligation to maintain a strong and credible extended deterrence of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea”, adds text.
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The so-called extended or enhanced deterrence is a commitment made last May USA With South Korea which is to send US strategic assets such as the B-1 to the Korean Peninsula based on the actions of the northern regime.
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In February, Pyongyang even warned that if USA continues to implement this extended deterrence and maintains its plan for major military maneuvers this month from South Korea the regime may have viewed these actions as a “declaration of war”.
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Despite the regime’s threats, Washington is trying to emphasize its commitment to this at a time when, faced with the growing size and complexity of the North Korean tactical arsenal, South Korean society is increasingly doubting the ability USA to protect their ally, with polls showing growing support for building their own nuclear arsenal.
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In this sense, South Korea And USA. In a statement released today, they insisted that the B1 exercise “aims to increase the confidence of the Korean people in extended American deterrence.”
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The peninsula is experiencing historic levels of tension after 2022, when North Koreawhich rejected proposals to return to dialogue, conducted a record number of weapons tests and during which the allies once again conducted large maneuvers and practiced extended deterrence.
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Faced with a clear lack of will to defuse tensions in both Korea experts pointed to the growing danger of miscalculation, which could have fatal consequences.
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