US B-1B Bomber Conducts First Live Bombing Drill in Korea Since 2017

Joint exercise with South Korea demonstrates precision strike capabilities amid heightened tensions with North Korea.

• The B-1B Lancer dropped Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) in a coordinated drill with South Korean fighter jets.
• This marks the first live munitions drop on the Korean Peninsula by a US bomber in seven years.
• The exercise follows North Korea's provocative launch of trash-filled balloons into South Korea.
• South Korea responded by suspending a 2018 military pact with North Korea and resuming all military activities along the border.
• Analysts warn that North Korea may use the drill as a pretext to bolster its nuclear arsenal.

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