- The joint, bilateral exercises reportedly included strategic bombers.
- The drills follow North Korea on Saturday launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off Japan’s west coast, after the rogue nation warned about a strong response to upcoming military drills by South Korea and the United States.
- South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercise demonstrated the allied nation’s “overwhelming” defense capabilities and readiness posture.
- The group also said the exercise affirmed the United States’ “ironclad commitment to the defense of the Korean Peninsula.”
