The U.S. flies nuclear-capable bombers in a contemporary present of pressure towards North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew nuclear-capable bombers to the Korean Peninsula on Friday in its newest present of pressure towards North Korea, days after the North staged huge anti-U.S. rallies in its capital.

The long-range B-52 bombers took half in joint aerial drills with different U.S. and South Korean fighter jets over the peninsula, South Korea’s Defense Ministry stated in a press release. The bombers’ flyover is the newest in a collection of non permanent U.S. deployments of strategic property in South Korea in response to North Korea’s push to increase its nuclear arsenal.

Two weeks in the past, the U.S. deployed a nuclear-powered submarine able to carrying about 150 Tomahawk missiles to South Korean waters for the primary time in six years. The USS Michigan’s arrival got here a day after North Korea resumed missile checks to protest earlier U.S.-South Korean drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal.

The South Korean Defense Ministry stated the B-52 bombers’ deployment boosted the visibility of U.S. strategic property to the peninsula. It stated the allies have been demonstrating their agency resolve to strengthen mixed protection postures and can proceed joint drills involving U.S. strategic bombers.

On Sunday, greater than 120,000 North Koreans participated in mass rallies in Pyongyang to mark the 73rd anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. During the rallies, officers and residents delivered speeches vowing “merciless revenge” towards the United States over the battle whereas accusing the U.S. of plotting an invasion on North Korea.

The Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the peninsula in a technical state of battle. The U.S. stations about 28,000 troops in South Korea as deterrence towards potential aggression by North Korea.

Since its June 15 launches of two short-range ballistic missiles, North Korea hasn’t carried out any additional public weapons checks. But the U.S. bombers’ deployment may immediate it to launch weapons once more in protest.

Enhancing “regular visibility of U.S. strategic assets” to the Korean Peninsula was a part of agreements reached between U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol throughout their summit in Washington in April. Biden said on the time that any North Korean nuclear assault on the U.S. or its allies would “result in the end of whatever regime” took such motion.

Since the beginning of 2022, North Korea has carried out greater than 100 missile checks in a bid to enlarge its arsenal of nuclear-capable missiles concentrating on the U.S. mainland and South Korea. The allies have responded by increasing their navy workouts.