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U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after North Korea missile test
Military Today
James Pearson and Jack Kim-JULY 29, 2017
SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday after Pyongyang's recent tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the U.S. and South Korean Air Forces said.
James Pearson and Jack Kim-JULY 29, 2017
SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday after Pyongyang's recent tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the U.S. and South Korean Air Forces said.
North Korea said it conducted another successful test of an
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday that proved its
ability to strike America's mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S.
President Donald Trump.
The B-1B flight was in direct response to the missile test and the
previous July 3 launch of the "Hwansong-14" rocket, the U.S. statement
said. The South Korean air force said the flight was conducted early on
Sunday.
The bombers took off from a U.S. air base in Guam, and were joined by
Japanese and South Korean fighter jets during the exercise, according to
the statement.
"North Korea remains the most urgent threat to regional stability,"
Pacific Air Forces commander General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy said in
the statement.
"If called upon, we are ready to respond with rapid, lethal, and overwhelming force at a time and place of our choosing".
The U.S. has in the past used overflights of the supersonic B1-B
"Lancer" bomber as a show of force in response to North Korean missile
or nuclear tests.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the midnight test
launch of the missile on Friday night and said it was a "stern warning"
for the United States that it would not be safe from destruction if it
tries to attack, the North's official KCNA news agency said.
North Korea's state television broadcast pictures of the launch, showing
the missile lifting off in a fiery blast in darkness and Kim cheering
with military aides.
China, the North's main ally, said it opposed North Korea's missile
launches, which it said violate United Nations Security Council
resolutions designed to curb Pyongyang's banned nuclear and missile
programmes.
"At the same time, China hopes all parties act with caution, to prevent
tensions from continuing to escalate," China's foreign ministry said in a
statement on Saturday.
Trump "Very Disappointed in China"
However, Trump said he was "very disappointed in China".
In a message on Twitter, he said: "Our foolish past leaders have allowed
them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet..."
"...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no
longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!"
he said in a subsequent tweet.
The Hwasong-14, named after the Korean word for Mars, reached an
altitude of 3,724.9 km (2,314.6 miles) and flew 998 km (620 miles)for 47
minutes and 12 seconds before landing in the waters off the Korean
peninsula's east coast, KCNA said.
Western experts said calculations based on that flight data and
estimates from the U.S., Japanese and South Korean militaries showed the
missile could have been capable of going as far into the United States
as Denver and Chicago.
David Wright of the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists wrote in a
blog post that if it had flown on a standard trajectory, the missile
would have had a range of 10,400 km (6,500 miles).
North Korea said on Sunday it had been forced to develop long-range
missiles and nuclear weapons because of hostile intent by "American
imperialist beasts" looking for another chance to invade the country.
"In case the U.S. fails to come to its own senses and continues to
resort to military adventure and 'tough sanctions', the DPRK will
respond with its resolute act of justice as already declared," its
foreign ministry said in a statement.
DPRK is short for the North's formal name, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea. It did not specify what action it would take.
The missile test came a day after the U.S. Senate approved a package of sanctions on North Korea, Russia and Iran.
Reporting by James Pearson; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Sam Holmes