South Korea and the United States deployed a long-range strategic bomber in the face of threats from Kim Jong-un

The ace Seoul and Washington Air Forces they did it today maneuvers with at least one American B-1 long-range strategic bomber there South Korean fighter jets at a time marked by enormous tensions on the peninsula and the holding of great maneuvers of the allies from 10 days.

The exercises were performed on the The yellow sea (called the West Sea in both Koreas) and the central region of South Korea and involved at least one B-1 the cazas F-15 the F-15 of the Asian country, as explained by the South Korean Ministry of National Defense in a press release.

The announcement comes just hours after the allies revealed they would hold their major spring maneuvers freedom shieldwar games to which Pyongyang has promised to give a “unprecedented” responsefrom March 13 to 23.

Today’s exercise “demonstrates the willingness and ability of the United States to implement its commitment to maintain a strong and credible widespread deterrence against nuclear and missile threats from North Korea,” the text added. .

“freedom shield is designed for strengthen the defense and response capabilities of the alliance”was explained at a press conference at Seoulin which spoke the spokesman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Lee Sung Junand that of US Forces in Korea (USFK), isaac taylor.

The representative of the United States indicated that the principle of the exercise will cover elements such as “the evolution of the security environment, the North Korean attacks and lessons learned from recent wars and conflicts”.

During the 11 days it will take place freedom shield there will also be a series of field maneuvers who have recovered the scale of the joint training exercises (Foal eagle) and who will be given the name of warrior shield.

military maneuvers Eagle foal these were ground exercises carried out regularly by the allies and which were suspended in 2019 attempt to improve the atmosphere during disarmament talks with the North Korean diet.

One of these new “large-scale” field exercises included in warrior shield It will be a amphibious exercise “to do for improve capabilities for the execution of combined operations“explained Lee.

The so-called extended or extended deterrence is a commitment made last May by Washington with Seoul which consists in shipment of US strategic assetslike the B-1, to the Korean Peninsula based on the actions of the Northern regime.

In February, Pyongyang even warned that if the United States continues to exercise this extensive deterrence and sticks to its plan to hold major military exercises with South Korea this month, the regime may consider such actions like a “Declaration of war”.

The peninsula is experiencing a historic level of tension after 2022 during which Pyongyang, which rejected offers to return to dialogue, held a record number of weapons tests and in which the allies once again performed great maneuvers and exercised this expanded deterrence.

Faced with the apparent lack of will to promote detente on both sides, experts pointed to the growing danger of a miscalculation that could have fatal consequences.

(With information from EFE)

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