The beginning of military exercise between South Korea and the United States with 240 warplanes.
South Korea’s large-scale joint air exercise with the United States, consisting of 240 warplanes, began as analysts warned of a possible North Korean response.
Despite North Korea’s clear and repeated warnings to its southern neighbor to stop provocative joint military exercises with the United States, Seoul announced the start of a major exercise with Washington.
The South Korean Air Force announced that the combined air exercise known as “Vigilent Storm” with the United States Air Force and the presence of about 240 warplanes started on Monday.
According to “Yonhap” news agency, this five-day exercise is conducted with the aim of measuring the operational and combat capabilities of the air forces of the two countries, and it is supposed to practice air attacks on hypothetical targets.
In this exercise, approximately 140 warplanes from South Korea, including F-35, F-15 and F-16 fighters, will be present, and the United States will also have about 100 military aircraft, including F-35 fighters and KC-135 refueling planes. they do.
According to the report, Seoul officials say this is the first time the U.S. military has sent its F-35 fighter jets to South Korea, an apparent move to demonstrate the allies’ air power against North Korea’s tensions and provocations, including a possible nuclear test.
Earlier, the vice foreign ministers of the United States, South Korea and Japan asked North Korea to avoid further provocative actions and warned that conducting a nuclear test would have an unprecedented response from the three countries.
