(MENAFN) The US Air Force has dispatched F-35 stealth fighters to South Korea for rehearsals, with a New York-based analyst predicting that North Korea would regard the deployment of these disruptive weapons as a First Strike threat.
According to a statement issued by US Forces Korea on Tuesday, the fighter planes, along with several others, will fly over South Korea and nearby waters for a 10-day training operation.
South Korean F-35 fighter fighters are likely to fly alongside American planes.
“The familiarization and routine training flights will enhance the interoperability of the two Air Forces to perform and operate on and around the Korean Peninsula,” the statement wrote.
It also highlighted, “The aviation training is also an opportunity for the aircrews to perform sustainment and maintenance duties to support the latest in military aircraft technology.”
"Pyongyang claims, with some weight, to be the legitimate government of Korea, viewing Seoul in the same manner that the world viewed Vichy, France," according to New York-based journalist Don Debar.
"South Korea is essentially the same land that was captured by Imperial Japan. The US succeeded to it by conquering Japan and then replacing the Japanese occupation troops with American occupation troops," he noted.
"The placement of these destabilizing weapons that are clearly intended for First Strike capability are legitimate targets, in their eyes, under a doctrine of self-defense. I'm certain this is known at the Pentagon and in Langley, and certainly in Beijing and Moscow," he informed Press TV.
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