North Korea flies 12 fighter jets and bombers in apparent firing drills: Seoul

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North Korea flies 12 fighter jets and bombers in apparent firing drills: Seoul

South Korea mobilizes some 30 aircraft after DPRK warplanes breach ‘special reconnaissance line’ during firing drill

Arius Derr | Jeongmin Kim October 6, 2022

North Korea flies 12 fighter jets and bombers in apparent firing drills: Seoul

Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets at a North Korean air show in Wonsan | Image: KCTV

A dozen North Korean jets conducted a firing drill in formation on Thursday afternoon, following the DPRK’s launch of two short-range ballistic missiles earlier in the day, South Korea’s military told NK News.

Eight North Korean fighter jets and four bombers flew in formation north of the inter-Korean air border at around 2 p.m. for around an hour, appearing to carry out air-to-surface firing exercises, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

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Arius Derr

Arius Derr is the Deputy Editor at NK News and NK Pro, based in Seoul. He was also Managing Editor from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that he was an editor at East Asia Forum and KBS, South Korea’s public broadcaster. His graduate research focuses on U.S. nuclear policy and U.S.-DPRK relations. Follow him on Twitter at @AriusDerr.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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