NORTH KOREA LATEST: 12,000 US troops to rattle Kim with major drill with HUNDREDS of jets
US TROOPS will join with South Korean forces to rattle North Korea with a military drill involving hundreds of fighter jets.
By REBECCA PERRING
Express.co.uk
Fri, Nov 24, 2017
The US will deploy six F-22 Raptor stealth fighters in the exercise, called Vigilant Ace, which will run from December 4 to 8.
A US Air Force official said the F-22 stealth fighters will be joined by F-35 aircraft.
The joint show of force comes as the world teeters on the brink of World War 3 amid an escalating war of words between US President Donald Trump and crackpot despot Kim Jong-un.
Around 12,000 US personnel will participate with South Korean troops, while 230 aircraft will be flown at eight US and South Korean military installations, the US Seventh Air Force confirmed.
The US will deploy six F-22 Raptor stealth fighters in the exercise, called Vigilant Ace, which will run from December 4 to 8.
A US Air Force official said the F-22 stealth fighters will be joined by F-35 aircraft.
The joint show of force comes as the world teeters on the brink of World War 3 amid an escalating war of words between US President Donald Trump and crackpot despot Kim Jong-un.
Around 12,000 US personnel will participate with South Korean troops, while 230 aircraft will be flown at eight US and South Korean military installations, the US Seventh Air Force confirmed.
The new sanctions are aimed at hurting trade between China and North Korea a bid to pressure Pyongyang to back away from its ambition to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland.
It comes after Mr Trump turned the heat on despot dictator Kim by declaring the secretive state as a “ state sponsor of terror”.
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