After observing the movement of 180 North Korean warplanes, the South Korean army announced the deployment of ghost fighters on Friday. This is the latest development in the high level of tension on the Korean Peninsula, where Seoul and Washington are carrying out joint air exercises that have angered Pyongyang.
According to Seoul, “rapidly published 80 fighters, a number of F-35 A, F-35A,” quickly deployed 80 F-35A, while “preserving”, while “preserving” The planes participating in military exercises with the United States, as well as “their readiness,” “our army monitored about 180 North Korean warplanes” that were filled in Pyongyang’s airspace.
In reaction to North Korean missile launch operations, Seoul and Washington extended their joint air drills till Saturday. North Korea reportedly failed to launch an ICBM on Thursday morning. The US and South Korea are participating in one of the biggest military drills ever, deploying hundreds of aircraft.
In response to the exercises’ extension, Pyongyang launched three short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, calling it a “extremely dangerous and bad choice.”
A few hours later, the northern region fired 80 artillery shells from the country’s eastern shore; according to the Seoul Army, these shells landed in the marine “buffer zone.”
The 2018 agreement between the two Koreas, which established the buffer zones in an effort to lower tension, has been “clearly violated” by the shelling, according to the Chief of Staff in Seoul.
The launch of an ICBM by North Korea was denounced by the US as “illegal and destabilising.”
“In response to the mounting threats from the North, Seoul and Washington promised to take additional measures to demonstrate their “commitment and capabilities.”
For the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953, Pyongyang launched roughly 30 missiles on Wednesday and Thursday, one of which was fired within the territorial waters of South Korea.
Yoon Sok Yol, president of South Korea, thought about “My land actually exists.
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– Repeated provocation
On Friday, Lee Hugh Jong, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification in Seoul, said that Pyongyang’s provocations were “particularly amid our national mourning period, against humanity,” referring to the stampede that left 156 people dead during Halloween celebrations in Seoul.
She added that “the government strongly condemns North Korea because of its continuous threats and provocations, in response to our annual and defensive maneuvers, which increases tensions throughout the Korean peninsula. ”
The “reckless and missile weapons” development in Pyongyang is blamed for the escalating tensions.
After observing 180 North Korean aircraft, Seoul publishes ghost fighters.
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