U.S. Bomber Flies With Japanese, Korean Jets in Show of Force
- B-1Bs flew farthest north of the DMZ this century in September
- North Korea said then it had right to shoot down U.S. aircraft
North Korea Crisis Continues to Escalate
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The U.S. deployed a B-1B Lancer bomber to the Korean peninsula Wednesday as part of a joint exercise with South Korea involving 230 warplanes, Yonhap News said, citing an unidentified source.
A similar drill in September saw the aircraft fly the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, of any U.S. fighter or bomber in the 21st century. This prompted Pyongyang to say it had the right to shoot down U.S. strategic warplanes in international airspace as part of its right to self-defense under the United Nations charter.