U.S. strategic bomber flies over Korean Peninsula on Armed Forces Day — in pictures
Published: 01 Oct. 2024, 14:27
Updated: 01 Oct. 2024, 14:38
- SARAH KIM
- kim.sarah@joongang.co.kr
The U.S. Air Force's B-1B Lancer bomber, a key American strategic asset dubbed the "Swan of Death" by the South Korean media, can fly at Mach 1.25 and carry up to 57 tons of munitions.
It is considered unmatched in payload capacity compared to other U.S. bombers like the B-2 and B-52, though it does not carry nuclear weapons. It can reach the Korean Peninsula from the U.S. base in Guam within two hours.
The B-1B, believed to have taken off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam earlier Tuesday and appeared over Seoul Air Base at around 11:38 a.m. escorted by two F-15 fighter jets.
Tuesday's Armed Forces Day ceremony and military parade was an occasion for the allies to unite in a show of force amid heightened tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.
BY SARAH KIM [kim.sarah@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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