Over 200 US, S Korean Warplanes Conducting Secret Ops Amid Pyongyang’s Missile Test
By Meera Suresh on November 03 2021 10:55 PM
The U.S. and South Korea are reportedly carrying out a large-scale joint air drill in South Korea, amid tensions in the region following North Korea's recent missile test.
Over 200 aircraft are said to be involved in the five-day drill that began Monday. The long-time allies are said to be keeping the aerial exercise low-key as the U.S. efforts to hold talks with North Korea about its nuclear program gain pace, reported The Drive.
South Korea and the U.S. had previously collaborated on a large scale. The exercises called Vigilant Ace held in 2017 witnessed the participation of tens of thousands of troops and 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth fighters and bombers. A USAF B-1B bomber out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, had flown over the peninsula at that time, in what was seen as a show of force to Pyongyang.
The annual drill held every December was scaled back in 2018, following the revival of dialogues between the Koreas, and between the U.S. and North Korea.
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