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15:13, 08-Jul-2017
Two US bombers hold firing drills with South Korean forces
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US bombers carried out a live-fire drill on Saturday in South Korea, flying close to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) border in a show of force after Pyongyang's latest missile test, said South Korea's defense ministry.
Two US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam conducted a 10-hour sequenced bilateral mission with South Korean and Japanese fighter jets, said US Pacific Air Forces in a statement.
The mission is in response to "a series of increasingly escalatory actions" by the DPRK, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) four days ago, according to the statement.
A South Korean soldier watches a television report showing file footage of a DPRK missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on July 4, 2017. /VCG Photo
A South Korean soldier watches a television report showing file footage of a DPRK missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on July 4, 2017. /VCG Photo
Pyongyang announced on Tuesday it successfully test-launched an ICBM, saying the missile was capable of carrying a large and heavy nuclear warhead.
On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, US President Donald Trump, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to apply "maximum pressure" to counter the DPRK's nuclear threat.
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