The USAF flew 2 B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in „a show of force“ on Sunday after Pyongyang’s Friday ICBM test: in a statement, the air force said „if called upon, we are ready to respond with rapid, lethal,…
Less than a month after the US flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean Peninsula to show off „US attack capabilities „, the US Air Force did it again on Sunday, when it the flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in „a show of force“ on Sunday after Pyongyang’s Friday test of an ICBM that can reach the continental US. The two B-1Bs flew alongside two Japanese F-2 jet fighters within Japanese airspace before conducting an exercise over South Korea with four South Korean F-15 fighters in response to the latest North Korean missile test, as well as the previous July 4 launch of the „Hwansong-14“ rocket, the USAF.
„In a demonstration of ironclad U. S. commitment to our allies, two U. S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula“ the statement by Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs said.
„North Korea remains the most urgent threat to regional stability, “ Pacific Air Forces commander General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy said in the statement.
„If called upon, we are ready to respond with rapid, lethal, and overwhelming force at a time and place of our choosing“.
#COMPACAF –„If called upon, we are ready to respond w/rapid, lethal, & overwhelming force…“ https: //t.co/RYkex4wkfI #ironclad pic.twitter.com/R6Fm4hUjB4
— PACAF (@PACAF) July 30,2017
The U. S. has in the past used overflights of the supersonic B1-B „Lancer“ bomber as a show of force in response to North Korean missile or nuclear tests, most recently on July 8, although the „deterrence“ of such drills leaves much to be desired.
