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US deploys bombers in response to North Korea's missile tests

US deploys bombers in response to North Korea's missile tests

The US deployed supersonic bombers and fighter jets in response to recent missile tests conducted by North Korea. B-1B bombers conducted joint aerial exercises on Saturday with other South Korean and US fighter jets, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He said the drills demonstrated an "ironclad" US security commitment to South Korea and the allies' combined defense posture.

North Korea drew widespread international condemnation on Friday after it tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and with a range that could reach anywhere on the US mainland.

The North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the missile launched from Pyongyang International Airport traveled to a maximum altitude of about 6,040 km (3,750 miles) and flew a distance of about 1,000 km (620 miles) before landed in international waters.

There are concerns that, in the coming weeks, North Korea could conduct its first nuclear test in five years.

Source: Sky News

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