South Korea has scrambled dozens of military aircraft, after spotting 180 North Korean warplanes flying in North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant show of strength. 9News
North Korea’s aerial exercises on Friday came after the North test-fired around 30 ballisticduring the two previous days, including an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday that triggered evacuation warnings in Japan, in an angry response to US-South Korea joint air force drills involving hundreds of their warplanes.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Korean warplanes were detected in various areas inland and along the country’s eastern and western coasts, but they did not come particularly close to the inter-Korean border.South Korea's F-35 A Stealth fighter jets, shown here in late September. The nation scrambled dozens of military aircraft, including the advanced F35s, on Friday.
None of those planes breached the South Korean military’s virtual “tactical action” line, which is designated 20 to 50 kilometres north of the Koreas’ land and sea boundaries for monitoring purposes to give the South enough time to respond to provocations or attacks. The South still scrambled 80 of its own warplanes, including an unspecified number of F35 fighters, but there weren’t any immediate reports of clashes.
US and South Korean forces were also separately conducting their “Vigilant Storm” combined aerial exercise, which involved some 240 warplanes, including F35s.
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