US stages joint air exercises with SoKor, Japan after NoKor ICBM launch

US Air Force B-1B bombers , South Korea's Air Force F-35A fighter jets and US Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill on February 19, 2023 in response to North Korea's saying it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul. Japan also joined the drill. Handout/ South Korean Defense Ministry/ AFP

Japan flew F-15s over the Sea of Japan with the US Armed Forces' B-1 bombers and F-16s in tactical exercises, Japan's Defense Ministry said in a statement, calling the security environment "increasingly severe" after the latest North Korea missile landed within its Exclusive Economic Zone . Leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, issued yet another warning and accused the United States of trying to turn the UN Security Council into what she called a "tool for its heinous hostile policy" toward Pyongyang.

North Korea's state news agency said its missile had flown for 1 hour, 6 minutes and 55 seconds, as high as 5,768 km , before accurately hitting a pre-set area 989 km away in open waters. It first test-fired a Hwasong-15 in 2017.Last year nuclear-armed North Korea fired an unprecedented number of missiles, including ICBMs capable of striking anywhere in the United States, while resuming preparations for its first nuclear test since 2017.

KCNA said the North's latest launch, guided by the Missile General Bureau, was conducted on an "emergency firepower combat standby order" given at dawn, followed by a written order from Kim Jong Un at 8 a.m. . South Korea's military said it detected the missile at 5:22 p.m. .

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