Two US supersonic B-1B bombers flew over South Korea on Saturday, marking the first time the bombers were deployed to the region since 2017 as tensions continue to rise on the Korean peninsula.
The bombers participated in the last day of massive aerial war games the US and South Korea held, known as Vigilant Storm. The exercises were initially set to conclude on Friday but were extended into Saturday over North Korea’s missile tests.
North Korea made clear that it would respond to Vigilant Storm, which involved about 240 US and South Korean aircraft. This year’s iteration of the drills was the largest ever, and Pyongyang reacted by launching missiles and artillery.
After the drills were extended into Saturday, North Korea launched four more missiles. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the extension of the war games after meeting with his South Korean counterpart on Thursday and said the US would deploy more strategic assets to the region.
On Monday, North Korea’s military said the Vigilant Storm exercises were an “open provocation aimed at intentionally escalating the tension” and “a dangerous war drill of very high aggressive nature.”
The Biden administration has shown no signs its approach to North Korea will change, and the tit-for-tat escalations will likely continue. The US is calling for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula while also issuing nuclear threats against Pyongyang.
They should stage a basketball game or a headbutting competition or something, some kind of event with a winner and a loser instead of all this posturing.
Don’t worry folks. They were carrying flowers and love to humanity. They would only drop nuclear weapons to save lives. (sarcasm)
Could we trade the flowers for good Russian Vodka?… That goes a long way to spread love to humanity… Ahem.
On Monday, North Korea’s military said the Vigilant Storm exercises were an “open provocation aimed at intentionally escalating the tension” and “a dangerous war drill of very high aggressive nature.”
Now this is getting old. All these countries that keep whining about our actions as if they wouldn’t be allowed to do the same thing on our borders. Oh wait, they wouldn’t?
Cuba allowed Russia to park a few missiles on its soil. The result? Sixty years of blockade. There is your answer.
Ah but they were the good old days, lol…..
The Cuban “missile crises’ was not the cause of the US blockage on Cuba. The blockade on Cuba was because of the Cuban revolution which overthrew Batista, a US backed military dictator in 1962 and then Cuba nationalized its oil industry without compensation 2 years later. Iran had US imposed dictator in 1952 also for nationalizing its oil industry.
Are you being philosophical or waxing poetic?…
Does sarcastic rant fit into either?
I was being facetious… 😉 There is always room for sarcasm… The more the merrier.
What if Russia had their super sonic bombers buzz Alaska, not some old Bison turboprop?
north korea are dimwits and would be wise to stop taking uncle sam’s constant baiting
I think the US is flashing some pretty big huevos…. But not a lot of smarts…