Twelve North Korean fighter jets flew in formation near the South Korean border on Thursday in a simulated air-to-ground attack and scrambled 30 fighter jets to Seoul.
The South Korean military said it had found eight fighters and four bombers in the North Korean formation. However, his 30-fighter flight in South Korea was not involved in sorties and only defended the country’s airspace. The flight is just the latest strike from the Kim Jong-un regime, which has launched numerous ballistic missiles in recent weeks.
North Korea fired a pair of short-range missiles early Thursday morning in a further response to joint military exercises between the US and South Korean militaries. The US Navy has deployed the USS Ronald Her Reagan aircraft carrier to the region to participate in the exercises.
The exercise was not without incidents, however, as a South Korean ballistic missile malfunctioned and exploded on the ground on Wednesday.
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A US military official said the South Korean missile’s warhead did not detonate, but the propellant caused a large explosion and flames. The incident left many locals fearing an attack from North Korea was underway, and the military did not disclose the cause of the explosion and flames for hours.
However, no injuries were reported from the incident, and South Korean officials, whether civilians or not, said there was no damage to the building.
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Tuesday’s launch flew more than 2,800 miles, according to John Kirby, coordinator of the White House National Security Council. The US was still evaluating flight information to determine the type of missile the administration had launched as of Wednesday.