As US flies bombers over South N.Korea fires more missiles
By launching four ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday North Korea added to its recent barrage of weapons demonstrations, in a duelling display of military might that underscored rising tensions in the region as the United States sent two supersonic bombers streaking over South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said around noon flew about 130 kilometres (80 miles) toward the country’s western sea and the four short-range missiles fired from a North Korean western coastal area. On Thursday, including an intercontinental ballistic missile that triggered evacuation alerts in northern Japan, this week the North has test-fired more than 30 missiles, and to a massive combined aerial exercise between the United States and South Korea flew large numbers of warplanes inside its territory in an angry reaction. During the last day of the “Vigilant Storm” joint air force drills that wrapped up Saturday two B-1B bombers trained with four U.S. F-16 fighter jets and four South Kor...