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    US flies long-range bomber on exercise with South Korea and Japan in response to North’s missile test

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    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew a long-range bomber Sunday in a trilateral exercise with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s recent test launch of a new missile intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to hit the US mainland, South Korea’s military said.

    North Korea on Thursday test-fired its new Hwasong-19 ICBM, which flew higher and stayed in the air longer than any other missile it has launched. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called it “appropriate military action” to deal with external security threats posed by his rivals.

    On Sunday, the US flew a B-1B bomber to train with South Korean and Japanese fighter jets near the Korean Peninsula, demonstrating the three countries’ firm resolve and readiness to respond to North Korea’s advanced missile and nuclear programs , the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea said in a statement.

    The trilateral air exercise was the second this year by South Korea, the US and Japan, the statement said.

    The US often responds to major North Korean missile tests by temporarily deploying some of its powerful military assets such as long-range bombers, aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines in and near the Korean Peninsula. North Korea typically responds angrily to such U.S. actions, calling them part of a U.S.-led plot to invade the North and conducting additional weapons tests.

    The US has flown the B-1B bomber over or near the Korean Peninsula four times this year, according to the South Korean military. A B-1B is capable of carrying a large payload of conventional weapons.

    Thursday’s Hwasong-19 test, North Korea’s first ICBM test in nearly a year, showed progress in North Korea’s missile program. But many experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to master to acquire functioning ICBMs that can launch nuclear strikes on the US mainland. Experts say the Hwasong-19 shown in North Korean state media photos and videos appeared too large to be useful in a war.

    The ICBM test was seen as an effort to get American attention ahead of this week’s US presidential election and to respond to international condemnation of North Korea’s reported deployment of thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. say the observers.

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