US Sends Spy Plane After North Korea Launches Underwater Drone

The U.S. Air Force has reportedly deployed a surveillance aircraft near South Korea in response to North Korea’s recent test of an underwater attack drone that the regime said is nuclear-capable and can destroy naval vessels. Flight trackers show the RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft had flown above some regions in South Korea, including Incheon, Gangwon province, and the eastern and western coasts, Yonhap News Agency reported. This comes just three days after North Korea said it tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in the East Sea. The weapon test was a response to joint naval drills carried out by the United States, South Korea, and Japan in waters south of Jeju Island, according to the North Korean Defense Ministry....