SEOUL: Nearly a dozen North Korean fighter aeroplanes flew close to the border with the South, prompting Seoul to scramble jets in response, Yonhap reported on Fri (Oct 14).
The event took place amid rising military tensions on the peninsula over a flurry of weapons medical tests by Pyongyang the second such event involving fighter aeroplanes in a week.
The South’s Mutual Chiefs of Staff, cited by Yonhap, said 10 practitioners had been detected soaring 25km north of the inter-Korean border between 10: 30 evening Thursday and 12: 20 am Fri local time, bridging a Seoul-set “reconnaissance line” that triggers a computerized operational response from the South.
Seoul scrambled military aircraft, including F-35A fighter jets, according to the JCS, Yonhap reported.
The action arrives shortly after Pyongyang test-fired a pair of long-range tactical cruise missiles upon Wednesday, according to condition media, tests supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Pyongyang has described its recent missile exams as tactical nuclear drills that simulated taking out airports and military facilities throughout South Korea.