Approximately four days post - nuclear test by North Korea ( North Korea) , United States ( US) a show of strength to fly two aircraft types B - 1 bomber in the sky South Korea ( ROK). While other issues are growing that North Korea will return to the sixth nuclear test .
North Korea's claimed nuclear test conducted on Friday, September 9th and shows a nuclear warhead could be mounted on ballistic missiles.
This is raising concern for US allies in the region also poses a threat to US military bases located in South Korea, Japan, and Guam.
"Nuclear test North Korea is an escalation of a dangerous and is a threat that can not be accepted. The US has the unwavering commitment to defend allies in the region and will take the necessary measures if required, including operations like this," said Commander of US Forces South Korea, Gen. Vincent K. Brooks said in a statement that
Bomber B-1s reportedly joined the US F-16 fighter and South Korea, F-15 where they held a low-flying military airbase in Osan.
"The performance today is just one example of the wide range of military capabilities on a strong alliance to provide and strengthen prevention efforts," said Brooks.
Bomber types of B-1s flying in the sky South Korea has moved to a military air base in Guam Andersen last August. By the US Pacific Command is called part of an ongoing bomber presence in the region.
B-1s is a kind of bombers that have the largest payload capacity and can fly in the speed of 900 miles per hour. This is the first time the B-1s do a 'show' in the Pacific within the last decade.
The display of power by flying a bomber in the Korean Peninsula is not new. Similar actions have occurred after the North conducted a nuclear test to four in January in which the B-52 bomber types reported airs.CNN reporter who was in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, Will Ripley said that the country leader Kim Jong-un was to consider carefully conducted aerial maneuvers that the US and its allies."They're really watching. Many North Korean military commanders judged that the US bomber threatens especially considering the damage that did arise in Pyongyang during the Korean War happened. When the city razed to the ground," said RMeanwhile, in February, after North Korea launched a satellite into space, the US Air Force aircraft reportedly flew four F-22 Raptors in the sky South. And secretly joined the F-22 F-15s belonging to the South Korean and US F-16s at Osan air base.Never Served in Syria and IraqThe bomber came from Expeditionary Bomb Squadron 34, who has released 2,000 'smart bombs' on more than 630 missions in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan from January to July 2015. This information is conveyed Andersen military air base last August.These missions included more than 7,000 flight hours."Unit B-1s bring a unique perspective and many years have repeated combat and operational experience from central command to the Pacific," said a written statement from the US military air base in Hawaii.Guam is an archipelago in the western Pacific US controlled. The distance is about 3,000 kilometers from the Korean peninsula and 2,500 from the east of the Philippines."Bomber aircraft in general is very suitable for a great distance and terrain of the Pacific. Specifically, bomber B-1s are very suitable for the Pacific region," said Squadron Leader B-1 in Guam, Lieutenant Colonel Seth Spanier.
"With a large weapons capacity and capability extraordinary attack, B-1 provides the strategic power projection platform that is reliable," he said.
