U.S. deploys B-52 bomber to the Korean peninsula

The U.S. deployed its strategic nuclear-capable B-52 bomber to South Korea in a show of force against North Korea on Sunday, four days after the communist state claimed to have conducted a hydrogen bomb test.

US forces' B-52 bomber Source: Getty Images

The deployment was part of the allies' coordinated military steps to respond to Pyongyang's latest provocation. As a first step, Seoul resumed its loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the heavily fortified border last Friday.

 

The B-52 bomber, which is a core element of the U.S.' strategic nuclear force, took off from Andersen Air Force base in Guam early in the morning and reached the U.S. Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, at around noon, the U.S. Forces Korea told the media.

 

We will discuss further with Korean political commentator J. S. Seo.