South Korea's Ministry of Defense announced on the 20th that the US military's B52 strategic bomber participated in a joint air force exercise.
F-22 stealth fighters from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa will also participate, and it is said that the United States is strengthening its "extended deterrence" to protect its allies with nuclear forces and other means.
The U.S.-ROK Air Force joint exercise takes place in the airspace of the South Korean Air Defense Identification Zone southwest of Jeju Island in southern South Korea, with U.S. B52 strategic bombers and F22s provisionally deployed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. Stealth fighters also participated.
From the South Korean Air Force, it is said that the F35, the latest stealth fighter, participated.
The US B52 strategic bomber can carry nuclear weapons, and the South Korean Ministry of Defense stated that the purpose of the training was to "familiarize the fighters of the two countries with procedures to support US strategic weapons and strengthen their joint operational capabilities." is.
In addition, the training is said to be part of the strengthening of the execution capability of "extended deterrence" that the United States protects allies with nuclear forces, etc. '' he emphasized.