1 April 2013 Breaking News US F-22 jets in South Korea North Korea declared war on USA & South Korea
1 April 2013 Breaking News US F-22 jets in South Korea North Korea
declared war on USA & South Korea end times news update 4-1-13
Fox
News Reports US Flexes Muscle Over South Korea, Sends F-22s Amid North
Korea Threats Days after the US flies two B-2 bombers from a Missouri
airbase to South Korea in show of support for allies, military sends
F-22 Raptors — the military's most advanced fighter — from a base in
Japan to run war drills.
The United States has sent two
F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea to join Seoul forces in
military exercises after North Korea warned the Korean Peninsula has
entered "a state of war."
A Pentagon spokesman confirms to Fox
News that the F-22 Raptors were deployed to Osan Air Base in South Korea
from Japan on Sunday to support ongoing U.S.-South Korean military
drills.
"This exercise has been planned for some time and is part
of the air component of the Foal Eagle exercise," spokesman George
Little told reporters Monday.
Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un gathered legislators Monday for an annual spring parliamentary
session that followed a ruling party declaration that nuclear bomb
building and a stronger economy were the nation's top priorities.
The
meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly follows near-daily threats
from Pyongyang, including vows of nuclear strikes on South Korea and the
U.S. In a statement released Sunday, U.S. military in South Korea urged
North Korea to restrain itself.
"(North Korea) will achieve
nothing by threats or provocations, which will only further isolate
North Korea and undermine international efforts to ensure peace and
stability in Northeast Asia," the statement said.
Meanwhile,
North Korea said Saturday its armed forces, "will blow up U.S. bases for
aggression in its mainland and in the Pacific operational theatres
including Hawaii and Guam."
Kim also threatened to shut down a
border factory complex that is the last major symbol of inter-Korean
cooperation, according to the Associated Press.
The threats are
seen as part of an effort to provoke the new government in Seoul to
change its policies toward Pyongyang and to win diplomatic talks with
Washington in order to gain more aid.
The White House says the
U.S. is taking North Korea's threats seriously, but has also noted
Pyongyang's history of "bellicose rhetoric."
On Thursday, U.S.
military officials revealed that two B-2 stealth bombers dropped dummy
munitions on an uninhabited South Korean island as part of annual
defense drills that Pyongyang sees as rehearsals for invasion. Hours
later, Kim ordered his generals to put rockets on standby and threatened
to strike American targets if provoked.
Military analysts have
said a full-scale conflict between North and South Korea is extremely
unlikely, noting that the Korean Peninsula has remained in a technical
state of war for 60 years. But the North's continued threats toward
South Korea and the United States have raised worries that a misjudgment
between the sides could lead to a clash.
In addition to the
military exercise, the U.S. will fortify its defenses against a
potential North Korean missile attack by adding more than a dozen
missile interceptors to the 26 already in place at Fort Greely, Alaska,
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has also announced.
Fox News' Justin Fishel and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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