[HIGHLIGHTS] U.S. bombers conducted exercises with Japan after North Korean missile launches

Two U.S. Air Force bombers, two transport planes and four fighter jets conducted joint exercises with Japanese fighter jets over the Sea of Japan.

The DPRK military on Thursday, April 13, tested the new Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile. The head of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, said that the new missile will increase the country's readiness for a nuclear counterattack. Also on April 14, the military of South Korea and the United States conducted air force exercises with the participation of a strategic bomber.