U.S. Bombers Conduct Live-Fire Drill Near North Korean Border

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U.S. Bombers Conduct Live-Fire Drill Near North Korean Border

Two U.S. Air Force bombers have conducted a rare live-fire drill in South Korea and flown close to the heavily militarized border with North Korea -- a show of force following North Korea's test-launch of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

South Korea's military said in a statement that the exercise was meant to "sternly respond to the series of North Korea's ballistic-missile launches."

The statement said the long-range B-1B bombers, accompanied by South Korean jet fighters, simulated an attack on enemy ballistic-missile batteries and precision air strikes against underground enemy command posts.

It said each U.S. bomber dropped a 900-kilogram laser-guided smart bomb that was designed to destroy a fortified bunker.

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