According to Yonhap News Agency on the 219th, North Korea fired about 250 shells into the eastern and western waters of the Korean Peninsula again after four days. The shells fell in the buffer zone north of (NLL) to the northern boundary of .
South Korean military observed that the North Korean army launched about 100 shells into the western waters in the Changshanchuan area of Huanghai Road at around 22:00 on the 18th, and then fired about 150 shells into the eastern waters in the Changshanchuan area of Gangyuan Road at around 23:00.
South Korea gave a solemn warning to this and strongly urged the North Korean side to stop provocation immediately. The United Nations League said that under the close cooperation system between South Korea and the United States, the military closely tracks and monitors related trends and strengthens its vigilance whenever possible.
North Korea responded to this matter and said that this was a severe response to South Korea's military provocation. According to , the spokesperson of the General Staff of the North Korean Army issued a statement on the 19th saying that after October 13 and 14, the South Korean army once again launched military provocations in the military dividing line on the 18th. The statement said that the South Korean army fired dozens of rockets from 9:55 to 17:22 on the 18th at the frontier position of Teewon County, Namgangwon Province. In this regard, the North Korean troops on the eastern and western fronts took strong military response measures and warned and fired in the eastern and western waters. The statement also stated that the North Korean army solemnly responded to the provocations initiated by the South Korean army when it was frantically carrying out a war exercise in aggression against North Korea, "Protecting the Country 22".
Recently, the US and South Korea have been constantly exercising military exercises, and the situation on the Korean Peninsula has become more tense. The South Korean Air Force said on the 18th that it will hold a joint South Korea-US air exercise over the Korean Peninsula from October 31 to November 4, with about 250 South Korean and US military aircraft participating. South Korean media said that this is the second large-scale aerial exercise held after five years after the largest joint aerial exercise held in December 2017.
Data map of South Korea and US fighter jets participating in the joint bombing exercise on October 4, source: Global Network
According to Yonhap News Agency on the 18th, in this air exercise, South Korea will send more than 140 military aircraft such as F-35A, F-15K, KF-16, and the United States will send more than 100 military aircraft such as F-35B and F-16. Yonhap News Agency reported that North Korea has launched medium-range ballistic missile several times recently. Against this background, South Korea and the United States have carried out large-scale joint aerial exercises, which is very meaningful to send a strong warning to North Korea.
"South Korea Daily" said on the 18th that after Yoon Seok-yeol came to power, it was the second time that the US strategic weapon F-35 fighter jets appeared on the Korean Peninsula. The last time was in July this year, six US Air Force F-35A fighter jets took off from Alaska's Elsen Air Force Base and entered the Korean Peninsula. The F-35B fighter that participated in this exercise is the air force combat power deployed at the Iwako American Base in Japan. It can take off and land vertically and can be used on the aircraft carrier .
According to Yonhap News Agency, according to the private website Aircraft Spots on the 19th, two U.S. B-1B "Lavender" strategic bombers took off from Ellsworth Air Force Base and flew to Anderson Base in Guam at 5 pm on the 18th. B-1B, together with B-52 and B-2, are known as the three major strategic bombers in the United States. The move to Guam is interpreted as sending a strong warning signal to North Korea.
B-1B "Lavender" long-range strategic bomber data map, source: Yonhap News Agency
Source丨Global Network, KMT, Yonhap News Agency
Editing丨Yu Zhemin, Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News Editor
Typesetting丨Tang Leyi
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