𝕌𝕊 𝔹-𝟙𝔹 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕂𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕒 𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕤 ℕ𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕙 𝕂𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙

US strategic bombers took part in joint air drills with South Korean forces on Sunday, the same day as North Korea carried out a suspected ballistic missile test, according to the South Korean military.

The exercise featured US B-1B strategic bombers, F-35A stealth fighters from the South Korean Air Force and F-16 fighters of the US Air Force, and was part of the Freedom Shield joint exercise, the military said in a press release.

News of the exercise came on the same day as North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile into the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, shortly after 11 a.m. local time, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense and the South Korean army.

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