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US bombers, fighter jets in bombing drill over Korean peninsula

18 September 2017 - 09:24 By Reuters
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South Korean army's K-55 self-propelled artillery vehicles take part in a live-fire military exercise near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju,
South Korean army's K-55 self-propelled artillery vehicles take part in a live-fire military exercise near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju,
Image: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

The US military on Monday flew a pair of B-1B bombers and F-35 fighter jets in bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean peninsula, in a show of force against North Korea, South Korea's Defence Ministry said.

The bombers flew from Guam and the fighters flew from Japan, joined by six South Korean fighter jets in the drill, a South Korean defence ministry official said. 

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