US Holds Trilateral Drill With South Korea, Japan After North Korea Launches Missile Test

The United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill alongside Japanese, and South Korean militaries on Nov. 3, just days after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time in nearly a year. The training exercise saw the United States fly the B-1B bomber a highly versatile, multi-mission weapon system capable of carrying the largest conventional weapons payload in the Air Force inventory—alongside South Korean and Japanese fighter jets near the Korean Peninsula. It marked the second trilateral aerial training by South Korea, the United States, and Japan this year and demonstrated the three nations’ continued commitment and preparedness to respond to North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile programs, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement....