The US flew four stealth fighter jets and two bombers over the Korean peninsula today (18) in a show of force after North Korea's latest nuclear and missile tests, South Korea's defence ministry said.
Four F-35B stealth fighters and two B-1B bombers flew over the peninsula to "demonstrate the deterrence capability of the US-South Korea alliance against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats", the ministry said in a statement.
They were the first flights since the North conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September 3 and staged an intermediate-range missile test over Japan last Friday, sending regional tensions soaring.
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