A US Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth jet takes off at a South Korean air base in Gwangju on Sunday. The US and South Korea kicked off joint air exercise. Photo: AFPSeoul: The US and South Korea on Monday began a five-day joint air exercise on the Korean peninsula involving 230 aircraft and 12,000 American troops, the allies said in a joint statement. North Korea regularly cites military drills around the peninsula as justification for its nuclear and missile-testing program. Instead of meeting North Korea halfway, it said, the US “announced large-scale surprise military drills.” Bloomberg

Source: Mint December 04, 2017 05:37 UTC