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THE UNITED STATES has flown a heavy bomber over South Korea in a show of force as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un insisted his country’s latest nuclear test was carried out in self-defence.
The test on Wednesday of what the North claimed was its first hydrogen bomb has sparked international alarm and raised tensions along the inter-Korean frontier, with Seoul reviving cross-border propaganda broadcasts.
Today’s overflight saw a B52 Stratofortress, which is capable of carrying nuclear weapons, briefly roar over the Osan Air Base, some 70 kilometres south of the inter-Korean border, the US military and an eye-witness said.
It was escorted by a South Korean and an American jet.
The B52 conducted a low-level flight before heading back to Andersen Air Base in Guam, where it is stationed.
The mission was conducted “in response to recent provocative action by North Korea”, US Forces Korea said in a statement.
The aircraft are known to have taken part in joint annual US-South Korea military exercises that have enraged Pyongyang, but their flights over South Korea are rarely publicised.
The last time such a flight was made public was in 2013, after North Korea carried out its third nuclear test.
At that time, the US dispatched both a B52 and the more sophisticated B2 stealth bomber to South Korea in a show of military muscle against the North.
On Sunday, Pyongyang state media called for the establishment of a peace accord to stabilise the Korean Peninsula and described the nation’s nuclear arsenal as a “treasured sword” that defends the country’s sovereignty.
Totally peeded of with putting it forward and back. Why can’t we just leave it forward so we still have brighter evenings where I can get things done in daylight after finishing work. Can’t do nothing in the darkness!!
@Brian Kelly: be dark at nearly 10 in the morning if they are left.
@Brian Kelly: what time do you finish work that it would still be bright?
@Brian Kelly: because the sunrise would be close to 10 am in mid winter with no advantage a night time.
Just means the kids will have us up at 5am instead of 6am
@⚡ Seánie ⚡: those were the days, now we have to wake them up
@Tom kenny: its a lot better!
@Derek Moran: jaysus, it’s mighty
I’ve 4 waines under 6yrs that will remind me
We will be going back an hour a day when Sinn Feinn in power .
Yawn !
And the last 100 years of FG/FF ?
@Karl: yep you will be tired of going back to been the poor of Europe with these gombeens
Yep because it’s all been rosey under the administrations in power… SF might not be the cure and I don’t think protest votes help anyone but the threat of them should get FF/FG to get their $h!t together.
I see the former housing minister is creaming €450 a day as an election observer wonder how he got that job?
@Dave Byrne: do you know how hard these guys work? Wait a minute, politicians, not those guys.
@Dave Byrne: as bad as FF and FG are Sinn Feinn are the bottom of the barrel everyone knows that .
Obviously not David, because they topped the red sea poll this week, just maybe (just maybe) you are slightly prejudice and need to vent a little
You will lose an hour of your life listening to people reminding you to put them back..
Excellent . Totally forgot. As I tuck into he for work in the morning . What a lil surprise.
@slfc21: bed*
I’m alright Jack. Have me fux capacitor fired up and ready to go.
This is 2021 – a smartphone never forgets! :-)
If you work nights do you gain or lose an hours pay??
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